Dayton Dragons: Benches clear, 4 ejected in 9th-inning loss to Lake County
May 16—A resilient, fight-back gene lives in the Dayton Dragons' DNA. They showed it with the bat in the eighth inning Friday, May 15, they showed it when challenged by a bad call in the ninth inning, and they showed it after an opposing pitcher's demonstrative reaction to the ensuing strikeout. The Dragons still lost, 6-4 to Lake County, and trail the series 1-3.
But the Dragons, win or lose, will be fired up to split the series this weekend and settle some scores. And not just because they lost. But because of the drama of the ninth inning.
Dragons manager Julio Morillo, catcher Alfredo Duno and two Lake County pitchers were ejected. The benches emptied. A lot of players were itching for a fight, but enough teammates kept them from scratching that itch.
Before the fans got more than their money's worth in the ninth, Yerlin Confidan hit an unexpected home run in the eighth to tie the score 4-4. The left-handed Confidan lined his third homer of the season to left off a left-hander. Confidan bats .
233 against left-handers and . 319 against right-handers. But the Captains answered in the ninth on a two-run double by Jace LaViolette.
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