Blake Dunn had the only hit for Louisville but also recorded additional steals in the game, Austin Callahan had two hits for Chattanooga, John Michael Faile hit his second consecutive home run in Dayton’s win, Sammy Stafura got on base four times and stole three bases in Daytona’s win, Anielson Buten extended his hit streak to nine games in the DSL Reds’ win, and Naibel Mariano hit his first home run as a professional in the DSL Rojos’ win.

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The Louisville Bats lost 10-0. Result

The Chattanooga Lookouts lost 4:1. Result

The Dayton Dragons won 6:5. Result

Game Notes

Leo Balcazar extended his hitting streak to 15 games. He had multiple hits in each of his last two games, including a double. In his last 21 games, he had a batting average of .322 with eight extra-base hits.

Cam Collier extended his on-base streak to 19 games. During this time, he achieved a batting average of .355/.506/.565 with 19 walks and 17 strikeouts.

As of July 26, Ethan O’Donnell went 0-4 and his record fell to .211/.327/.306 for the season. Since then, he has hit .395/.420/.671 with 13 extra-base hits in 18 games for Dayton.

John Michael Faile hit his second home run in as many days. He has played in 20 games since the beginning of June (18 for the ACL Reds, 2 for Dayton) and has a 25-59 record (.424 average) with six doubles and four home runs.

Jose Franco was promoted to Dayton in early June. He has now made 12 starts for the Dragons, and after his four shutout innings Friday night, his ERA dropped to 2.97 in his 39.1 innings. Overall this season between Daytona and Dayton in 2024, his ERA has dropped to 3.26 in 20 starts/69.0 innings.

The Daytona Tortugas won 6-1. Result

• Yerlin Confidan went 0-3 with 2 walks, a steal (11) and a run.
• Ricardo Cabrera went 2-4 with a walk, double, run and 2 RBI.
• Sammy Stafura went 2-3 with 2 walks, 3 steals (24), one run and one RBI.
• Esmith Pineda went 3-4 with a home run (9) and 3 RBI.
• Trey Faltine went 1-3 with a walk, a steal (25) and a run.
• David Lorduy was charged with an unearned run in 3.0 innings with 3 strikeouts.
• Dualvert Gutierrez threw 4.0 shutout innings with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts.
• Nick Sando threw 2.0 perfect innings with 2 strikeouts.

The DSL Reds won 2-0. Match report

The DSL Rojos won 7-3. Match report

17.8. Match preview