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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 (25-12) vs. Rome Braves (19-18) Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 6:00 PM CT - Video: MiLB.TV (Home only) | Radio: WBGN 94.5 FM, 1340 AM | MiLB Atbat App LHP Jacob Lopez (2-0, 2.96) vs. Jared Shuster (1-0, 4.09) Game 38 Away Game 20 Upcoming Schedule Date Opponent BG Probables Opp Probables First Pitch (CT) Thursday, June 17 @ Rome Braves RHP Jayden Murray (4-0, 1.93) vs. RHP Alan Rangel (1-4, 6.20) 6:00 PM Friday, June 18 @ Rome Braves RHP John Doxakis (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Spencer Strider (0-0, 3.12) 6:00 PM Saturday, June 19 @ Rome Braves RHP Michael Mercado (0-3, 5.79) vs. RHP Bryce Elder (1-1, 2.93) 5:00 PM Sunday, June 20 @ Rome Braves RHP Zack Trageton (3-1, 3.90) vs. RHP Touki Toussaint (0-0, 3.00) 1:00 PM BOWLING GREEN BY THE NUMBERS Yesterday... Niko Hulsizer boosted the Hot Rods of- Hot Prospects fense with four RBIs in Tuesday's 7-3 win over Rome. The Overall Record: 25-12 Bullpen also held strong, tossing 4.0 scoreless innings, Pipeline BA Home Record: 15-3 striking out four and walking none. Zack Trageton picked 100 TB 100 TB Road Record: 10-9 up his third win after pitching 5.0 innings, allowing three Current Streak: 6W Greg Jones -- 8 -- 14 Longest Winning Streak: 6W runs on six hits with two strikeouts. Longest Losing Streak: 4L Blake Hunt -- 18 -- 26 Six-Straight... With the 7-3 win in Tuesday's series Last/Current Home Stand: 5-1 John Doxakis -- 28 -- 29 Last/Current Road Trip: 1-0 opener against the Braves, the Hot Rods secured their Last 5 Games: 5-0 sixth-straight win. The streak dates back to June 9th Pedro Martinez -- 30 -- 24 Last 10 Games: 9-1 against Aberdeen, and since then, Bowling Green has Last 20 Games: 14-6 outscored their opponents 49-32. This is the longest Recent Transactions May Record: 14-10 streak this season for the Hot Rods, snapping their previ- June Record: 11-2 ous high of five straight, which they had done twice this 6/15 - OF Alexander, P Doxakis, P White, P Brig- July Record: 0-0 season. den promoted from Low-A Charleston August Record: 0-0 6/15 - OF Cardenas, P York, P Battenfield, P Ogan- September Record: 0-0 do Promoted to AA Montgomery October Record: 0-0 Lucky 7's... Bowling Green has scored exactly seven One-Run Games: 4-5 runs in 10 games this year. They are 9-1 in these games. Two-Run Games: 7-0 The Hot Rods have scored seven runs in six of their last Rays Organization Report Three-Run Games: 0-1 10 games, three of which are part of their current six- Tuesday , June 15, 2021 Four (Plus)-Run Games: 14-6 game win streak. Day Record: 4-1 Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) Night Record: 21-11 Moving Up... The Hot Rods had four players promoted R H E Extra Innings: 2-0 Double Headers (W-L-S) 1-0 after last week's 5-1 series victory over Aberdeen. Ruben TB 0 6 1 Shutouts: 4-0 Cardenas was the lone hitter promoted after hitting .368 CWS 3 9 0 Weather Shortened: 0-1 with 10 homers, 31 RBIs, and .424 OBP. Peyton Batten- Vs. RH Starters: 18-10 field (2-0, 1.46), Mikey York (0-0, 6.17), and Cristofer WP: Dallas Keuchel (6-1) Vs. LH Starters: 7-2 Ogando (0-1, 8.31) were also promoted. OF Hill Alex- Hot Rods Starters: 9-4 ander, and pitchers John Doxakis, Trevor Brigden, and LP: Shane McClanahan (2-2) Hot Rods Bullpen: 16-8 Colby White were promoted to Bowling Green to fill their SV: Liam Hendricks (18) Series Record: 4-1-1 spots from Low-A Charleston. First game of a Series: 4-3 Durham Bulls (AAA) Rubber games: 0-0 Yesterday's Notes... Edwards is the first Hot Rods R H E Hot Rods Score First: 15-7 Opponents Score First: 10-5 hitter to homer off a rehabbing MLB pitcher since Seaver DUR 1 4 1 Hot Rods Out-Hit Opponents: 16-2 Whalen did it in 2019 against Derek Holland of the South NOR 4 7 2 Opponents Out-Hit Hot Rods: 7-9 Bend Cubs… The six-game win streak is a season-long… Equal Number of Hits: 2-1 Trageton’s five innings of work tie his season-high… It WP: Alexander Wells (4-2) BG Ballpark Attendance: 37,194 also ties the team-high for innings pitched by a starter this Average Attendance: 2,066 season… Hulsizer has nine RBIs in two games… He also LP: Dietrich Enns (1-1) had his seventh multi-hit game of the season… Niko is SV: Isaac Mattson (1) batting .421 in the month of June… All three of Trageton’s Montgomery Biscuits (AA) Hot Rods vs. Braves wins in 2021 have been against the Rome Braves… BG is 14-6 in games decided by four or more runs… The Hot R H E 2021 Record 9-4 Rods are 4-3 in games to open a series this season… They’re 9-4 against the Braves in 2021… The team has MTG 4 7 0 2021 Series 1-0-1 won their last six contests with Rome… BG is 17-8 all-time PNS 5 7 0 Current Streak 6W against Rome… They’re now 10-4 on the road against WP: Zach Wolf (1-2) 2021 Home 5-1 the Braves all-time… The Hot Rods are 15-7 when they score first… BG is 11-2 in June… LP: Ivan Pelaez (2-3) 2021 Road 4-3 SV: None All-Time 17-8 Now pitching: Jacob Lopez... Lopez has appeared in the rotation and out of the bullpen this season. He Charleston Riverdogs (-A) All-Time Series 2-1-2 has made three starts and seven total appearances. Last F/7 R H E All-Time Home 7-4 time out, against Aberdeen, Lopez tossed 3.2 scoreless CSC 9 11 1 innings, while striking out seven and walking four. This All-Time Road 10-4 was his fourth consecutive scoreless outing and his first MB 5 8 0 All-Time Playoffs 0-0 start since may 18th. His last three outings in relief have WP: Jose Lopez (3-2) yielded a win and two saves. He pitched 11.1 innings and struck out 19 batters and held opponents scoreless LP: Manuel Espinoza (1-4) over that span. SV: None TODAY IN HOT RODS HISTORY June 16, 2012 On this day in Hot Rods history, Bowling Green beat the Fort Wayne TinCaps4-0. Ryan Carpenter tossed 7.0 scoreless innings, striking out nine, in his sixth win of the season. He gave way to a scoreless bullpen performance by Andrew Bellatti and Austin Hubbard. The offense was led by future big leaguer, Jake Hager. He finished the day 3-4 with two RBIs. His two RBI single in the sixth inning boosted the Hot Rods to a 4-0 win. 2018 Midwest League Champions Midwest League Playoffs 2019 ◇ 2017 ◇ 2016 ◇ 2013 ◇ 2012 ◇ 2011 STARTING PITCHER #33 Jacob Lopez LHP (2-0, 2.96 ERA) Starters by the Numbers Stats for Hot Rods starters, limited to numbers accrued strictly in each pitcher’s starts HT: 6’4” WT: 247 Age: 23 (March 11, 1998) In Game Pitcher GS QS W-L Team W-L AVG IP K/9 BB/9 R/Start Support Birthplace: Granada Hills, College: College of the Canyons Battenfield 5 0 1-0 5-1 4.1 15.35 2.65 5.25 3.33 California Lopez 3 0 0-0 2-1 3.1 15.83 5.59 6.33 2.67 Acquired: Trade with the San Francisco Giants in 2019 Trageton 6 0 3-0 6-0 4.1 8.42 1.40 8.83 5 .17 Murray 7 0 4-0 5-2 4.2 7.71 2.48 6.29 3.43 Mercado 7 0 0-3 3-4 4.0 9.00 2.25 5.86 2.57 Hogan 1 0 0-1 0-1 2.2 6.75 6.75 6.0 0.00 Player Specs LaSorsa 5 0 1-0 3-2 3.2 6.27 1.93 6.20 2.00 Dodson 1 0 0-0 1-0 2.0 4.50 0.00 7 1.00 Awards: NWL Pitcher of the Week 6/23/19 McKendry 1 0 0-0 0-1 5.0 12.60 1.80 2.00 1.00 Totals 37 0 9-4 25-12 4.1 9.63 2.26 6.32 3.05 2019: During the 2019 season, Lopez was traded from the San Francisco Giants to the Tampa Bay Rays for former Hot Rods outfielder Joe McCarthy… His time for the Giants in 2019 was spent in the Northwest League with the Sa- lem-Keizer Volcanoes… He appeared in nine games, recording a 2-3 record with a 3.02 ERA… All nine games were 2021 Home/Road (Regular Season) starts… Tossed 41.2 innings, surrendering 14 earned runs and striking out 39… After the trade, Lopez was assigned to the Hudson Valley Renegades where he made his last three appearances of the season… He finished with a 2-0 Home Road record, hurling 15 innings over three starts while striking out 18… Overall in 2019, he finished with a 4-3 record, 2.86 ERA, 57 K’s and 11 walks in 12 starts.