The Dayton Dragons lost a late-inning stunner to the Great Lakes Loons 6-4 on Thursday night, but the outcome of the game was far from the most important thing. Thursday night was the Dragons debut of Reds 2019 first round pick, Nick Lodolo.
If you look at his stat line then you will see he tossed three innings, allowed one earned run, and struck out five. He hit his first batsman in his professional career (Great Lakes’ second baseman, Michael Busch, who left the game after taking a 94 MPH fastball off his elbow) and allowed three hits.