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GAME INFORMATION Media Relations Department Bowling Green Ballpark 300 E. 8th Ave Bowling Green, KY P: (270) 901-2121 www.bghotrods.com F: (270) 901-2165 Bowling Green Hot Rods (30-13) vs. Hickory Crawdads (15-30) Friday, June 25, 2021 - 6:00 PM CT - Video: MiLB.TV (Home only) | Radio: WBGN 94.5 FM, 1340 AM | MiLB Atbat App LHP John Doxakis (0-0, 10.80) vs. RHP Zak Kent (3-1, 2.49) Game 44 Away Game 26 Upcoming Schedule Date Opponent BG Probables Opp Probables First Pitch (CT) Saturday, June 26 @ Hickory Crawdads LHP Joe La Sorsa (2-0, 2.86) vs. LHP Avery Weems (1-2, 3.97) 6:00 PM Sunday, June 27 @ Hickory Crawdads RHP Zack Trageton (4-1, 3.67) vs. LHP Grant Wolfram (0-2, 4.61) 2:00 PM Monday, June 28 Off-Day Tuesday, June 29 vs. Greensboro Grasshoppers TBD vs. TBD 6:35 PM BOWLING GREEN BY THE NUMBERS Yesterday... Hill Alexander and Blake Hunt both drove in two Hot Prospects RBIs in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Hickory Crawdads. Alexander Overall Record: 30-13 collected three hits on the night, while Hunt fell a triple shy of the Pipeline BA Home Record: 15-3 cycle. Jayden Murray tossed another 5.0 innings, giving up two 100 TB 100 TB Road Record: 15-10 runs in his sixth win of the season. The bullpen held strong the rest Current Streak: 5W Greg Jones -- 7 -- 14 Longest Winning Streak: 6W of the game, allowing one earned run while striking out four to Longest Losing Streak: 4L secure the win. Blake Hunt -- 16 -- 26 Last/Current Home Stand: 5-1 John Doxakis -- 28 -- 29 Last/Current Road Trip: 3-0 Streaks and Slams... Since entering the month of June, the Hot Last 5 Games: 5-0 Rods have mounted three winning streaks of four games or more Pedro Martinez -- 30 -- 24 Last 10 Games: 9-1 and surpassed their home run total from May. From June 2-6, Last 20 Games: 17-3 Bowling Green won five straight games. Between June 9-15, the Recent Transactions May Record: 14-10 Hot Rods won six consecutive games, marking their longest streak June Record: 16-3 this season. Bowling Green currently has a five-game streak, 6/15 - OF Alexander, P Doxakis, P White, P Brig- July Record: 0-0 which gives them the second-longest active streak, behind Hudson den promoted from Low-A Charleston August Record: 0-0 Valley's six games. These streaks were boosted by the long ball. 6/15 - OF Cardenas, P York, P Battenfield, P Ogan- September Record: 0-0 do Promoted to AA Montgomery October Record: 0-0 Hot Rods hitters have crushed 37 homers, passing their 34 from One-Run Games: 5-5 May in five fewer games played. Two-Run Games: 10-0 Rays Organization Report Three-Run Games: 0-1 Two to Tango... The magic number for the Hot Rods this season Thursday, June 24, 2021 Four (Plus)-Run Games: 15-7 has been two. In games where the final score is decided by two Day Record: 4-2 runs, Bowling Green is 10-0. In their last 12 games, the Hot Rods Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) Night Record: 26-11 have won six games by two runs. Four of those victories have R H E Extra Innings: 3-0 come during this current road trip. Double Headers (W-L-S) 1-0 TB (45-31) 1 2 2 Shutouts: 5-1 Hurling Away From Home... BOS (44-31) 0 4 2 Weather Shortened: 0-1 Bowling Green pitchers have Vs. RH Starters: 21-10 been sharp on the current road trip. The Hot Rods are 7-1 since WP: JP Feyereisen (4-3) Vs. LH Starters: 9-3 hitting the road on June 13th. Over that span, pitchers have held Hot Rods Starters: 11-4 opponents to four runs or less in four games, going 5-0 over those LP: Matt Barnes (3-2) Hot Rods Bullpen: 19-9 games. SV: None Series Record: 4-1-1 First game of a Series: 5-3 Stay Hot... The Bowling Green hot Rods have been one of the Durham Bulls (AAA) Rubber games: 0-0 best clubs in all of the minors this season, and have the best re- R H E Hot Rods Score First: 18-7 cord in the High-A East. With their win on Thursday, they became Opponents Score First: 12-6 the third team in the minors and the first in High-A to reach 30 DUR (29-15) 3 5 1 Hot Rods Out-Hit Opponents: 20-2 JAX (25-18) 4 7 0 Opponents Out-Hit Hot Rods: 8-10 wins in 2021. Maybe even more staggering is the fact that BG Equal Number of Hits: 2-1 is 20-8 when facing clubs with a record of .500 or better while WP: Parker Bugg (2-0) BG Ballpark Attendance: 37,194 maintaining a run differential of +79, by far the best in the High-A Average Attendance: 2,066 East. LP: Sean Poppen (1-1) SV: Mason Melotakis (1) Hot Rods vs. Crawdads Yesterday's Notes... The Hot Rods are the first time in High-A Montgomery Biscuits (AA) 2021 Record 3-0 to win 30 games this season… They’re the third team in the minors to reach the mark… Murray has gone 5.0 innings in seven con- R H E 2021 Series 0-0 secutive starts… He’s won five straight starts… Thursday was the MTG (18-24) 10 11 0 Current Streak 3W fourth time he’s walked two batters, which is his career-high… It’s the fifth time in his career he’s walked two… Alexander had his BLX (15-28) 1 3 0 2021 Home 0-0 first multi-hit game with BG this season… Hunt had his 11th multi- Suspended - Top 3rd 2021 Road 3-0 hit game of the year… It was also his first three-hit game this sea- To Be Completed on June 25 All-Time 6-5 son… Hunt’s two-RBI night is his ninth multi-RBI game this season… Trevino had his third multi-hit game of 2021… BG is 3-0 against All-Time Series 0-1-1 Hickory this season… They’re 6-5 all-time against the Crawdads… Charleston Riverdogs (-A) All-Time Home 3-2 BG is now 4-3 in Hickory… The Hot Rods are a perfect 10-0 in two-run games… R H E All-Time Road 3-3 CSC (28-15) 2 4 1 All-Time Playoffs 0-0 Now pitching: John Doxakis... This will be the second start for Doxakis in a Hot Rods uniform. His first start resulted in a no-de- AUG (20-24) 7 11 0 cision, while he tossed 3.1 innings, giving up four runs on five hits WP: Tanner Gordon (1-2) and striking out two. His two strikeouts marked the lowest number for him this season, and the four runs were the second most he LP: Taj Bradley (4-3) had given up in 2021 between Bowling Green and Charleston. SV: None TODAY IN HOT RODS HISTORY June 25, 2010 On this day in Hot Rods history, we look back at a come-from-behind victory for the Hot Rods that kicked off the second half of the 2010 season Fort Wayne touched up Bowling Green starter Alex Colome for three runs in 5.0 innings of work taking a 3-1 lead in the process. However, BG scored in the sixth and sev- enth to tie the game. In the ninth, Mark Thomas broke the deadlock with an RBI double, then scored an insurance run on a wild pitch. The bullpen held the TinCaps hitless over the final four frames, with Alex Koronis earning his sixth win with 3.0 hitless innings of relief,earning Bowling Green's third-straight win. 2018 Midwest League Champions Midwest League Playoffs 2019 ◇ 2017 ◇ 2016 ◇ 2013 ◇ 2012 ◇ 2011 STARTING PITCHER #11 John Doxakis RHP (0-0, 10.80a ERA) Starters by the Numbers Stats for Hot Rods starters, limited to numbers accrued strictly in each pitcher’s starts HT: 6’4” WT: 215 Age: 22 (August 20, 1998( In Game Pitcher GS QS W-L Team W-L AVG IP K/9 BB/9 R/Start Support Birthplace: Houston, Texas School: Texas A&M Battenfield 5 0 1-0 5-1 4.1 15.35 2.65 5.25 3.33 Lopez 5 0 0-0 3-2 3.1 15.12 6.48 4.20 1.60 Acquired: Selected in the 2nd round of the 2019 MLB draft Trageton 6 0 3-0 6-0 4.1 8.42 1.40 8.83 5 .17 Throws: 4FB, CUT, SL, CH Murray 9 0 6-0 7-2 4.2 7.38 2 .11 5.78 3.44 Mercado 8 0 0-3 4-4 3.2 9.30 2.10 7.88 2.88 Player Specs Hogan 1 0 0-1 0-1 2.2 6.75 6.75 6.0 0.00 LaSorsa 5 0 1-0 3-2 3.2 6.27 1.93 6.20 2.00 Awards: 5/9/21 Low-A East Pitcher of the Week Dodson 1 0 0-0 1-0 2.0 4.50 0.00 7 1.00 McKendry 1 0 0-0 0-1 5.0 12.60 1.80 2.00 1.00 2019: Doxakis played his first season of minor league ball with the Hudson Valley Doxakis 1 0 0-0 1-0 4.0 6.75 0.00 7.00 1.00 Renegades… He posted an ERA of 1.93 over 32.2 innings of work… He allowed Totals 43 0 11-4 30-13 4.0 9.59 2.51 6.35 2.93 20 hits and seven ER while recording 31 strikeouts… 2019 (NCAA): Doxakis had a successful 2019 season at Texas A&M… As a junior, he posted a 7-4 record as an 2021 Home/Road (Regular Season) Aggie… Doxakis had a 2.06 ERA over 104.2 IP at College Station… He struck out Home Road batters at an accelerated rate with 115 on the season and 9.9 K/9… Was named a 0-0 W-L 0-0 2019 All-American… 2018: During his sophomore season, Doxakis logged an 8-5 0.00 ERA 10.80 record along with a 2.70 ERA… Opponents batted only .212 against him and struck 0.0 IP 3.1 out 92 times during his 93.1 innings of work… Started the 2018 season in the bullpen 0 H 5 before a six scoreless inning relief performance against Rhode Island… 2017: As a 0 R 4 freshman, Doxakis pitched in 25 games, including 7 starts… Had a 4-5 record with 0 ER 4 0 HR 0 a 5.44 ERA… Opponents hit just .237 against him in his first season as an Aggie… 0 BB 0 He pitched in 18 games out of the bullpen, working a 4.34 ERA in those games..