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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 (12-6) vs Asheville Tourists (8-9) Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - 5:35 PM CT - Video: MiLB.TV (Home only) | Radio: WBGN 94.5 FM, 1340 AM | MiLB Atbat App RHP Jayden Murray (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jimmy Endersby (2-0, 2.77) Game 19 Road Game 13 Upcoming Schedule Date Opponent BG Probables Opp Probables First Pitch (CT) Wednesday, May 26 @ Asheville Tourists LHP Joe LaSorsa (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP R.J. Freure (1-0, 4.50) 5:35 PM Thursday, May 27 @ Asheville Tourists RHP Michael Mercado (0-2, 6.35) vs. LHP Juan Pablo Lopez (0-1, 12.91) 5:35 PM Friday, May 28 @ Asheville Tourists RHP Peyton Battenfield (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Blair Henley (0-2, 5.40) 5:35 PM Saturday, May 29 @ Asheville Tourists RHP Zack Trageton (1-1, 2.87) vs. TBD 5:35 PM BOWLING GREEN BY THE NUMBERS On Sunday... The Hot Rods used home runs from Jonathan Hot Prospects Aranda and Jacson McGowan to lift themselves over the Rome Overall Record: 12-6 Pipeline BA Home Record: 5-1 Braves 5-3 on Sunday. These were the first, and only, two home Road Record: 7-5 runs hit in the last series by Bowling Green. They have now hit a 100 TB 100 TB Current Streak: 2W total of seven long balls on Sundays, their most of any day of the Greg Jones -- 8 -- 14 Longest Winning Streak: 4W week. Zack Trageton earned his second win of the season, tossing Longest Losing Streak: 2L 5.0 innings of one run ball and Jacob Lopez pitched the final 3.0 Blake Hunt -- 18 -- 26 Last/Current Home Stand: 5-1 innings, giving up just one hit and one walk, and striking out four Pedro Martinez -- 30 -- 24 Last/Current Road Trip: 3-3 Last 5 Games: 3-2 on his way to his first save of the season. Last 10 Games: 6-4 Recent Transactions 12-6 About Asheville... Last 20 Games: After dropping five out of six games to the 5/25 C Erik Ostberg Reassigned from MTG (AA) May Record: 12-6 Hot Rods a week ago, the Tourists hosted the Greenville Drive June Record: 0-0 and won the series 4-2. Their offense powered through, scoring 5/21 - C Luis Trevino transfered to CSC (Low A) July Record: 0-0 August Record: 0-0 six or more runs in five of the six games, including 13 runs in a 13- 5/15 - OF Niko Hulsizer activated from IL September Record: 0-0 12 series finale victory. Asheville currently has the second lowest October Record: 0-0 run differential in the league, coming in at -11, and have surren- Rays Organization Report One-Run Games: 3-3 dered the most runs in the league with 113. Two-Run Games: 2-0 Sunday, May 23, 2021 Three-Run Games: 1-0 Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) Four (Plus)-Run Games: 7-3 Leading the League... With a split last week against the Rome Day Record: 2-1 Braves, the Hot Rods head into Asheville with a 2.0 game lead R H E Night Record: 10-5 on Rome for first place in the High-A East South Division. They TB 6 10 0 Extra Innings: 1-0 currently boast the best record in the High-A East overall, just one Double Headers (W-L-S) 1-0 TOR 4 10 1 Shutouts: 4-0 win ahead of the 11-7 Aberdeen IronBirds. BG was the first in the Weather Shortened: 0-0 league to reach double digit wins and are just one of three teams WP: Josh Fleming (4-3) Vs. RH Starters: 9-5 to currently have double-digit wins. LP: Tyler Chatwood (0-1) Vs. LH Starters: 3-1 SV: J.P Feyereisen (1) Hot Rods Starters: 2-3 Dealing Dubs... After the 5-3 victory on Sunday, Hot Rods Hot Rods Bullpen: 10-3 Durham Bulls (AAA) Series Record: 2-0-1 pitching has held opponents to three or less runs in 11 games First game of a Series: 2-1 this season, including four shutouts. Over the 11 games, Bowling R H E Rubber games: 0-0 Green has a record of 10-1, with the lone loss coming in a 2-1 DUR 8 4 3 Hot Rods Score First: 10-3 contest against Rome last Friday night. The pitching staff has put Opponents Score First: 2-3 CHA 7 12 0 Hot Rods Out-Hit Opponents: 7-1 together a team ERA 3.25. Opponents Out-Hit Hot Rods: 4-4 WP: Tyler Zombro (1-1) Equal Number of Hits: 1-1 Sunday's Notes... Aranda tied his single-season high in LP: Alex McRae (0-1) BG Ballpark Attendance: 12,558 homers on Sunday… He’s never hit more than three in a season, SV: Yacksiel Rios (1) Average Attendance: 2,093 but reached that mark 18 games into 2021… Cardenas had a 15-game on-base streak… He’s had just three games this season Montgomery Biscuits (AA) where he has not recorded a hit… Cardenas had his sixth multi-hit R H E Hot Rods vs. Tourist game of the season… Martinez had his second… McGowan had MTG 4 5 1 2021 Record 5-1 his third multi-RBI game of the year… The two HR game for the Hot Rods was the first time the team hit a homer since May 16th…. BIR 5 7 4 2021 Series 1-0 That was also a two homer game with Aranda and Witherspoon WP: Ofreidy Gomez (4-0) Current Streak 3W going yard… BG is now 2-1 in day games… Sunday was BG’s LP: Michael Plassmeyer (0-1) 10th win when scoring first… 2021 Home 5-1 SV: Bennett Sousa (1) 2021 Road 0-0 Now pitching: Jayden Murray... Coming off his longest Charleston Riverdogs (-A) All-Time 12-7 outing of the season, Murray has yet to give up an earned run this R H E All-Time Series 3-2 season. He tossed 5.0 shutout innings in his start against Rome CSC 0 5 2 All-Time Home 8-4 on May 19th. He has yet to give up more than two hits in a game and has struck out as many as six batters. Murray picked up his DE 4 6 0 All-Time Road 4-3 first win of the season on May 19th and one of two wins by Hot WP: Mason Englert (1-0) All-Time Playoffs 0-0 Rods starters through the first three series. LP: Jose Lopez (2-2) SV: None TODAY IN HOT RODS HISTORY May 25, 2013 On this day in Hot Rods history, Bowling Green captured a victory 5-3 over Fort Wayne. Eduar Quinonez pitched the first 5.0 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits. Marty Gantt led the Hot Rods offensively, going a perfect 4-4 and crushing a two-run homer. Reinaldo Lopez tossed the final 4.0 innings, giving up just three hits and one run and picked up his first save on the season. 2018 Midwest League Champions Midwest League Playoffs 2019 ◇ 2017 ◇ 2016 ◇ 2013 ◇ 2012 ◇ 2011 STARTING PITCHER #18 Jayden Murray (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Starters by the Numbers Stats for Hot Rods starters, limited to numbers accrued strictly in each pitcher’s starts HT: 6’3” WT: 184 Age: 24 (April 11, 1997) In Game Pitcher GS QS W-L Team W-L AVG IP K/9 BB/9 R/Start Support Birthplace: Vernal Utah College: Dixie State Battenfield 3 0 0-0 3-0 12.1 16.1 3.65 4.67 10 Lopez 2 0 0-0 1-1 3.0 15.0 3.0 6.0 4 Acquired: 23rd round selection in the 2019 MLB Draft Trageton 3 0 1-0 3-0 4.0 9.00 1.50 9 13 Throws: FB, SL, CH Murray 3 0 1-0 2-1 4.1 9.24 2 .13 4.0 8 Mercado 3 0 0-2 1-2 3.2 9.53 1.59 3.0 3 Hogan 1 0 0-1 0-1 2.2 6.75 6.75 6.0 0 Player Specs LaSorsa 2 0 0-0 1-1 2.2 16.9 6.75 1 0 2019: Over his first season in the minor leagues, Murray primarily played for the Princeton Rays… Dodson 1 0 0-0 1-0 2.0 4.5 0.00 7 1 While with Princeton, he posted a 2.88 ERA over 34.1 innings pitched… Although his record was Totals 18 0 2-3 12-6 3.6 10.9 2.47 5.44 40 0-2, he showed stellar control with 37 strikeouts to just eight walks… He appeared in 11 games with eight of them being starts… Overall, he surrendered 30 hits and 11 earned runs while with 2021 Home/Road (Regular Season) Princeton… After his stop in Rookie Advanced ball, he moved up to Class A short season with the Hudson Valley Renegades for his final two games of the 2019 season… He started both games with the Renegades, one in the regular season and one in the postseason… His regular season start was Home Road a six inning, shutout performance in which he struck out 10, walked none and gave up one hit on 0-0 W-L 1-0 77 pitches… Murray’s next outing came in the New York Penn League playoffs against Brooklyn Cyclones… Murray lasted seven innings, giving up eight hits while allowing four runs, with only 0.00 ERA 0.00 one earned run.