Lansing overcame another home run by Dayton’s Alex McGarry, his league-leading 10th of the season. McGarry reached double-figures in home runs quicker than any Dayton hitter since at least 2004.
Eight of the 10 runs in the game came on home runs.
The Dragons trailed 2-0 before taking the lead in the top of the sixth inning as Elly De La Cruz blasted a 433-foot home run to get the Dragons scoring started. Following the home run, Nick Quintana walked, and Alex McGarry launched a home run to right field to put Dayton up 3-2.
Lansing tied the game at 3 in the bottom of the seventh on a two-out run-scoring single by Brett Harri. Harris has gone 6 for 7 with three home runs in the last two games against the Dragons.
In the ninth, Lansing loaded the bases with one out before Tyler Soderstrom, the first-round draft pick of the Oakland Athletics in 2020, delivered a grand slam homer to right to end the game.
The Dragons collected just five hits. McGarry was 2 for 3 while Jose Torres was 2 for 4.
The loss was charged to Dragons reliever Jake Gilbert (1-1), who pitched a scoreless eighth inning before surrendering Soderstrom’s home run with one out in the ninth.
FRIDAY’S GAME
Dayton at Lansing, 7:05 p.m., 980