Bowling Green Hot Rods (11-3) @ Dayton Dragons (4-10)
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Bowling Green Hot Rods (11-3) @ Dayton Dragons (4-10) Game 15 of 140 • Fifth Third Field • Dayton, OH Saturday, April 20, 2013 • 6:07 PM CDT LHP Sean Bierman (2-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Robert Stephenson (0-2, 7.11) Radio: 1340 WBGN-AM “The Ticket” • 48°, Partly Cloudy Bowling Green: Home (6-1) / Road (5-2) • Dayton: Home (1-4) / Road (3-6) Today’s Game at a Glance 2013 Hot Rods April Report (11-3): Undefeated for this road trip, the Bowling Green Hot Rods have a chance to claim a series win in their three-game April 4 at South Bend W, 8-2 set at Dayton. The Hot Rods recently swept Great Lakes in two contests in Midland, Michigan and took the open- April 5 at South Bend L, 6-3 er against the Dayton Dragons by a final of 5-2 on Friday. The last road game that Bowling Green lost was a 6-5 April 6 at South Bend L, 6-5 decision at South Bend on April 6, exactly two weeks ago. Season Series: In this season’s 17-game series, Bowl- April 7 at South Bend W, 5-0 ing Green currently has a 1-0 edge over Dayton. April 8 Lansing W, 4-3 LHP Sean Bierman, 24, carries two victories and 11 shutout innings into his first appearance at Dayton. Bier- April 9 Lansing W, 8-3 man, a Third Team All-American at Division II Tampa last year, is coming off a quality start against West Michi- April 10 Lansing W, 10-1 gan where he held the Whitecaps scoreless over six frames. The southpaw is currently tied for the most wins in April 12 West Michigan W, 4-3 (7) the Midwest League with his two triumphs. April 12 West Michigan W, 3-2 (7) April 13 West Michigan W, 4-2 RHP Robert Stephenson, 20, has yet to claim his first victory of the season. Cincinnati’s top pitching prospect April 14 West Michigan L, 10-7 (Baseball America, second overall behind Billy Hamilton), Stephenson lost his last two appearances, allowing nine April 16 at Great Lakes W, 2-0 runs over those two games. Stephenson has lost six straight decisions dating back to August 2012 (0-6, 6.21 April 17 at Great Lakes PPD ERA, 35 K within losing stretch for Dayton). April 18 at Great Lakes W, 6-0 April 19 at Dayton W, 5-2 On Deck April 20 at Dayton 7:07 PM After this series in Dayton wraps up, Bowling Green will be back at home with nine games to close the month of April 21 at Dayton 2:00 PM April. The Hot Rods have their longest homestand of the season starting next week, featuring three-game sets April 22 Fort Wayne 7:05 PM with Fort Wayne, Burlington, and Peoria. April 23 Fort Wayne 10:35 AM April 24 Fort Wayne 7:05 PM Last Game April 25 Burlington 7:05 PM Hot Rods Keep Their Winning Ways in Dayton April 26 Burlington 7:05 PM Bowling Green now 3-0 in this road trip April 27 Burlington 7:05 PM April 28 Peoria 5:05 PM Dayton, OH – The Bowling Green Hot Rods (11-3) won the series opener 5-2 4/19/13 R H E Bowling Green 5 14 0 April 29 Peoria 7:05 PM over the Dayton Dragons (4-10) at Fifth Third Field on Friday evening. In a Great Lakes 2 7 4 April 30 Peoria 10:35 AM (All Times Local) balanced offensive performance, all nine of Bowling Green’s hitters collected a base hit for the first time this season, including a three-hit game for Tom- WP: Dylan Floro (1-0, 1.20) Batting (.278): Pitching (11-3): LP: Sal Romano (1-2, 1.69) my Coyle and two-hit efforts from Leonardo Reginatto, Justin O’Conner, and SV: Nick Sawyer (1) Runs: 74 ERA: 2.78 Tyler Goeddel. HR: 2 IP: 120.0 EBH: 36 RA: 40 Spare Parts SB: 21/26 ER: 37 K/BB: 73/51 K/BB: 116/36 START ME UP: Hot Rods starting pitchers are out to a stellar...well...start to the 2013 season. Bowling Green starters have surrendered only nine earned runs in 65.0 innings (1.25 ERA). From last Saturday’s win over West Hot Rods vs. Dayton in 2013: Michigan into the early innings of Friday’s victory at Dayton, Hot Rod starters held their opponents scoreless for 2013 Home: 0-0 (7 games left) 23.1 consecutive innings pitched. 2013 Away: 1-0 (9 games left) HOLD THE LONG DISTANCE CHARGES: Bowling Green’s offense is one of the most productive in the Midwest BG AVG: .333 League even though the Hot Rods have the fewest amount of home runs in the league (2, tied with Lake County). BG ERA: 2.00 Marty Gantt is responsible for both round-trippers the Hot Rods have recorded this year. Gantt’s last home run DAY AVG: .219 was an inside-the-park home run at Bowling Green Ballpark on April 9 against Lansing. DAY ERA: 2.00 All-Time Series: BG, 36-25 PURE SPEED: Andrew Toles leads all of affiliated baseball (MLB and MiLB) with five triples. The speedy outfield- er also tops the Midwest League with ten extra-base hits, 15 runs batted in, 21 hits, 36 total bases, and 56 at Jared Sandberg, Manager: 1st bats. Kyle Snyder, Pitching: 1st Manny Castillo, Coach: 4th NEW FIELD GENERAL: New Hot Rods Manager Jared Sandberg is just the third manager in team history and is Chris Tomashoff, Ath. Trainer: 1st the first ex-Major Leaguer to lead the Hot Rods. Sandberg spent three seasons with the Devil Rays from 2001- Eddie Young, Strength: 1st 2003 and hit 25 home runs over that stretch (.221 average). After leading Hudson Valley to the 2012 New York- Penn League crown, Sandberg was named the 2012 Short-Season Manager of the Year by Baseball America. Jared Sandberg Career: 175-133 @BGHotRods - Facebook.com/BgHotRods Upcoming Probable Pitchers Sunday, April 21, 2:00 PM CDT at Dayton LHP Wandy Peralta (0-1, 8.10) vs. RHP Taylor Guerrieri (0-0, 0.00) Monday, April 22, 7:05 PM CDT vs. Fort Wayne RHP Zach Eflin (0-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Eduar Quinonez (1-1, 12.27) Tuesday, April 23, 10:35 AM CDT vs. Fort Wayne RHP Erik Cabrera (0-1, 9.64) vs. RHP Jeff Ames (1-0, 1.20) Wednesday, April 24, 7:05 PM CDT vs. Fort Wayne RHP Walker Weickel (0-0, 3.52) vs. LHP Blake Snell (1-1, 2.92) All Bowling Green Hot Rods games can be heard on WBGN 1340-AM and online at bghotrods.com. 2 RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X TOT BY THE NUMBERS Last 5: 4-1 Opp. 4 0 2 2 9 6 3 9 5 0 40 Last 10: 9-1 BG 6 11 12 4 8 4 17 11 1 0 74 2012 Best Mark: 8-2 2012 Worst Mark: 1-2 HIGHS / LOWS HOME ROAD OVERALL Team Batting Team Pitching Overall: 6-1 5-2 11-3 Most Runs (Game) 10, 4/10 v. LAN Most Runs (Game) 10, 4/14 v. WM Day: 1-1 1-0 2-1 Most Runs (Inning) Most Runs (Inning) 5, 2x (last: 5th, 4/14 v. WM) 5, 7th, 4/4 at SB Night: 5-0 4-2 9-2 Most Hits (Game) 16, 4/10 v. LAN Most Hits (Game) 10, 2x (last: 4/14 v. WM) BG Scores First: 3-1 5-2 8-3 Most Hits (Inning) 6, 7th, 4/4 at SB Most Hits (Inning) 6, 8th, 4/6 at SB Opp. Scores First: 3-0 0-0 3-0 Most HR (Game) 1, 2x (last: 4/9 v. LAN) Most HR (Game) 1, 6x (last: 4/12 v. WM) Lead After 7th: 6-0 4-1 10-1 Most 2B (Game) 4, 4/14 v. WM Most HR (Inning) 1, 6x (last: 5th, 4/12 v. WM) Tied After 7th: 0-1 1-0 1-1 Trail After 7th: 0-0 0-1 0-1 Most 3B (Game) 2, 4/8 v. LAN Most K’s (Game) 13, 4/10 v. LAN Lead After 8th: 4-0 5-0 9-0 Most XBH (Game) 4, 2x (last: 4/14 v. WM) Most BB’s (Game) 8, 4/5 at SB Tied After 8th: 0-0 0-0 0-0 Most SB (Game) 6, 4/9 v. LAN Fewest Hits (Game) 1, 4/16 at GL Trail After 8th: 0-1 0-2 0-3 Most K’s (Game) 9, 4/7 at SB vs. LHP Starters: 2-0 1-1 3-1 Fewest Hits (Game) 5, 4/5 at SB vs. RHP Starters: 4-1 4-1 8-2 Score 4+ Runs: 5-1 4-1 9-2 Individual Batting Individual Pitching Opp. Scores 4+ Runs: 0-1 0-2 0-3 Most Hits (Game) 3, 8x (last: Coyle, 4/19 at DAY) Longest Outing 6.0, Bierman, 4/12 v. WM No Errors: 0-0 2-0 2-0 Most Runs (Game) 3, Maile, 4/10 v. LAN Most Hits (Starter) 5, 4x (last: Floro, 4/19 at DAY) Commit an Error: 6-1 3-2 9-3 Most XBH (Game) 2, 3x (last: Toles, 4/14 v. WM) Most Hits (Relief) 5, 3x (last: Quinonez, 4/14 v.