Dragons fall to Beloit in road-trip finale

The Dayton Dragons and Lansing Lugnuts both played their opening games of the 2024 season on Friday, Apr. 5 at Day Air Ballpark in downtown Dayton. A crowd of 8,328 were in attendance to witness the Lugnuts defeat the Dragons by a score of 1-0. TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Credit: Tom Gilliam

The Dayton Dragons and Lansing Lugnuts both played their opening games of the 2024 season on Friday, Apr. 5 at Day Air Ballpark in downtown Dayton. A crowd of 8,328 were in attendance to witness the Lugnuts defeat the Dragons by a score of 1-0. TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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By Staff Report
June 3, 2024
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Beloit scored four runs in the first inning and went on to a 7-2 victory over the Dayton Dragons on Sunday afternoon. The Dragons split the six-game series at Beloit.  They completed their two-week road trip with a record of 7-5.

Dragons starting pitcher T.J. Sikkema (1-2) was charged with the loss. He allowed six runs on six hits over three innings with one walk and one strikeout.

After Beloit scored four in the first, the Dragons were able to plate one run in the second, getting a lead-off single from Ethan O’Donnell and a two-out, RBI single from Victor Acosta.

But Beloit responded with two more runs in the second to jump ahead 6-1, and they limited the Dayton offense to one run on three hits over the rest of the day.

The Dragons finished with six hits. Acosta was 2 for 4 with an RBI.  Jay Allen II had a double, the only Dayton extra base hit.

Dragons relievers Easton Sikorski, John Murphy, and Luis Mey combined to work the final five innings of the game, allowing just a single run in the fifth. Murphy and Mey each worked a scoreless frame.

The Dragons (25-26) fell to five games behind first place Lake County with 15 games to play in the first half season.

Dayton returns to action Tuesday night at Day Air Ballpark against Lansing in the first game of a 12-game homestand.

TUESDAY’S GAME

Lansing at Dayton, 7:05 p.m., 980

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