From the Notes - August 26th

South Bend Silver Hawks (26-31 Second Half, 56-69 Overall)
vs. Dayton Dragons (16-41 Second Half, 46-80 Overall)

Coveleski Stadium, South Bend, Indiana – 6:30 PM Eastern Time

Season Series: 6-1 Silver Hawks
@ Coveleski Stadium: 4-0 Silver Hawks
@ Fifth Third Field: 2-1 Silver Hawks

Silver Hawks Team Hitting: .246 – 15th
Silver Hawks Team Pitching: 4.40 ERA – 14th
Dragons Team Hitting: .250 – 14th
Dragons Team Pitching: 4.31 ERA – 13th

LAST GAME: Victor Estevez had three RBIs while Ramon Castillo added two RBI doubles on Wednesday as the South Bend Silver Hawks defeated the Dayton Dragons 7-4 in the series opener. Adam Worthington (WP, 5-5) won for the second start in a row, allowing just two runs over 6.2 innings. David Nick added a solo home run for South Bend and Keon Broxton drove in the other run for the Hawks. Dayton’s Daniel Corcino (LP, 1-1) allowed five runs over 4.2 innings to suffer the loss.

PLAYOFF RACE:
• With 12 games remaining, the Hawks are currently 2.5 games behind West Michigan for the final playoff spot.

TEAM NOTES:
• The Silver Hawks have won 3 of their last 4 series after losing or splitting the previous eight series.
• South Bend has won three straight games for the second time this week (six wins in last seven games overall).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
• Keon Broxton continues to lead all of baseball with 19 triples. He has tied the MWL record for most triples in a season (established in 1954 by John Wyre of the Clinton Pirates).
• Scottie Allen returns from injury tonight to make his first start since going 7.0 scoreless on August 8th vs. Lake County.

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Eastern)
Thursday (6:30 PM) RHP Scottie Allen (4-4, 5.05 ERA)
vs. Dayton RHP Ricky Bowen (3-8, 6.26 ERA)

Friday (6:30 PM) LHP Mike Belfiore (2-9, 3.81 ERA)
vs. Dayton RHP Jacob Johnson 7-6, 4.40 ERA)

Saturday (7:00 PM) RHP Andrew Wolcott (2-3, 5.46 ERA)
@ Lake County LHP Vidal Nuno (5-7, 5.07 ERA)

Sunday (1:00 PM) LHP Tyler Skaggs (8-4, 3.57 ERA)
@ Lake County RHP Brett Brach (4-8, 3.55 ERA)