Dragon relief pitcher warms up.
Game time temperature one week ago- 51 degrees with a wind from the north putting the wind chill in the 40's. I had on five layers of clothes. Game time temperature yesterday- 90. I came home sunburned, dehydrated and dizzy.
Ahhh, Michigan in the springtime.
COMSTOCK PARK – Will Rhymes delivered the go ahead single in the bottom of the seventh inning of a 6-5 Whitecaps victory over Dayton. West Michigan has won four games in a row for the third time this season even though the Whitecaps have trailed in three of the last four games.
Josh Rainwater threw four shutout innings of relief to earn his first victory of the season.
Starting pitcher Ramon Garcia, who had not allowed more than two runs in a single game this year, was touched by the Dragons for four runs in just four innings of work. It was also the shortest outing of the season for Garcia, who had allowed just two run in his last 39 innings pitched before Monday.
Closer Orlando Perdomo earned his 14th save in 15 opportunities for West Michigan by keeping the Dragons off the scoreboard in the ninth.
Justin Justice drove in one run in each of three different innings for the Whitecaps. The last Justice RBI came in the seventh when he tied the game with a run-scoring triple.
What a fun game. Those pesky Lugnuts keep winning- 'Caps still 1/2 game out of first.
