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 (4-1) at Greenville Drive (1-4) Sunday, May 9, 2021 - 3:05 PM EDT (2:05 PM CDT) - Video: MiLB.TV (Home only) | Radio: WBGN 94.5 FM, 1340 AM | MiLB Atbat App RHP Miller Hogan (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Chase Shugart (0-0, 0.00) Game 6 Road Game 6 Upcoming Schedule Date Opponent BG Probables Opp Probables First Pitch (CT) Monday, May 10 Off Day Tuesday, May 11 v. Asheville Touists TBA vs. TBA 6:35 PM Wednesday, May 12 v. Asheville Touists TBA vs. TBA 6:35 PM BOWLING GREEN BY THE NUMBERS Payback is a... The Greenville Drive offense erupted to the tune of an 11-1 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday in the penultimate Hot Prospects Overall Record: 4-1 game of the six-game series. The Drive, powered by five home runs, Pipeline BA Home Record: 0-0 outhit the Hot Rods 13-4 while two of those hits came off the bat of Road Record: 4-1 Jonathan Aranda, who also scored BG's lone run of the ballgame. 100 TB 100 TB Current Streak: 1L Despite the rough start, reliever Chris Gau and Ezekiel Zabaleta Blake Hunt -- 18 -- 26 Longest Winning Streak: 4W tossed a combined 4.1 innings of one-hit relief, but the offense came Longest Losing Streak: 1L up empty in the route. Pedro Martinez -- 30 -- 24 Last/Current Home Stand: 0-0 Best in team history... Last/Current Road Trip: 4-1 Despite the loss, Bowling Green is off to Recent Transactions Last 5 Games: 4-1 a historic start. At 4-1, the team has the best record to start a season Last 10 Games: 4-1 dating back to the team's inception in 2009. The previous high, 3-2, 5/8 - RHP Muller & OF Hulsizer to IL Last 20 Games: 4-1 had been achieved six times in the club's 11 seasons and four of 4/30 - Rays Announce 2021 Hot Rods Roster May Record: 4-1 those came between 2016-2019. June Record: 0-0 Four games for Aranda... Jonathan Aranda is off to a hot start in July Record: 0-0 Rays Organization Report August Record: 0-0 2021. The infielder has a four-game hit streak and has scored at least September Record: 0-0 one run in each contest. He's also had three multi-hit games over that Saturday, May 8, 2021 October Record: 0-0 stretch, including a team-high four hit night in the second game of Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) One-Run Games: 0-0 Thursday's double header while scoring three runs and five total that Two-Run Games: 1-0 night. R H E Three-Run Games: 0-0 Four (Plus)-Run Games: 3-1 Hollis on fire... Connor Hollis has been a starter for the Hot Rods TB 3 10 1 offense to start the season. Playing both third base and left field, he's Day Record: 0-0 LAA 6 6 2 Night Record: 4-1 on a four-game on-base streak and is 5-for-16 this season. He's Extra Innings: 0-0 been on-base 50% of the time and has three stolen bases without WP: Frankie Montas (4-2) being caught. Double Headers (W-L-S) 1-0 LP: Tyler Glasnow (4-2) Shutouts: 2-0 Weather Shortened: 0-0 Where they rank... Even with Saturday's 1-run effort, the Hot Rods SV: Lou Trivino (6) Vs. RH Starters: 2-1 compare favorably to other High-A teams. They're tied for second Vs. LH Starters: 2-0 in homers (8) while tying for second in runs score (39). The club has Durham Bulls (AAA) Hot Rods Starters: 0-1 also left 27 runners on base this season, which is tied for the sec- R H E Hot Rods Bullpen: 4-0 ond-least in A+, despite having the second-most hits. Series Record: 1-0 DUR 15 18 0 Last Night's Notes... Bowling Green’s 4-1 record is the best start First game of a Series: 1-0 MEM 3 6 1 Rubber games: 0-0 to a season in team history… The second-best start is 3-2, completed Hot Rods Score First: 4-0 six times including each of the last four seasons… Mercado made his WP: Phoenix Sanders (1-0) first start since 2018 after missing 2019 due to injury… The eight hits Opponents Score First: 0-1 LP: Zack Thompson (0-1) Hot Rods Out-Hit Opponents: 3-0 he allowed ties a career-high… He also tied a career-high in allow- Opponents Out-Hit Hot Rods: 1-1 ing three homers… Bowling Green’s four hits and one run are both SV: None Equal Number of Hits: 0-0 season lows… The Hot Rods hadn’t scored less than seven runs in any Montgomery Biscuits (AA) BG Ballpark Attendance: 0 game prior… Saturday marks the first game of the season BG didn’t Average Attendance: 0 hit a home run… The last time Bowling Green pitching allowed 10 or more runs in a game was July 11, 2019 in a 13-9 loss to the Beloit R H E Snappers in the Midwest League… MTG 3 4 1 Now pitching: Miller Hogan... Miller Hogan takes the mound TNS 4 6 2 Hot Rods vs. Drive for his second appearance and first start of the 2021 season. Hogan WP: Bryan Hudson (1-0, BS) pitched for Bowling Green during the 2019 season when he finished 2021 Record 4-0 7-3 with a 3.08 ERA and 1.04 WHIP. The righty worked on a new LP: Joel Peguero (0-1) 2021 Series 1-0 pitch during 2020's lost season, adding a screwball to his repertoire SV: Wyatt Short (1) that brought his pitch count to seven. In his lone relief appearance Current Streak 4W against Greenville this season, Hogan threw 2.1 shutout innings while Charleston Riverdogs (-A) holding the Drive to two hits and a walk with two strikeouts. 2021 Home 0-0 R H E 2021 Road 4-0 About the Opponent: Chase Shugart... Shugart, a righty, is com- CHA 1 4 3 ing off a great 2019 season with Greenville, then the Low-A affiliate All-Time 10-7 of Boston. He pitched in 16 games for the Drive while going 6-4 MB 5 6 0 All-Time Series 3-2 with a 2.81 ERA over 16 starts. He had a four-game win streak to WP: Scott Kobos (1-0) win that season, a year highlighted by a 7.0 inning complete-game All-Time Home 5-2 against the Kannapolis Intimidators. Shugart faced a Rays affiliate in LP: Seth Johnson (0-1) All-Time Road 5-5 2018, striking out the side in a one-inning start against the GCL Rays, SV: None including former Hot Rods Russ Olive and Joe McCarthy. All-Time Playoffs 0-0 TODAY IN HOT RODS HISTORY May 9, 2010 On this day in Hot Rods history Bowling Green brought home a win 10-7 over the West Michigan Whitecaps. The Hot Rods used a five run top of the first inning to gain a lead for starter, and future big leaguer, Kyler Lobstein. He tossed five innings, giving up five runs on nine hits while striking out five. Bowling Green's lineup recorded 20 hits, including four doubles, to secure a win. Two of those doubles came from Tyler Bortnik, who knocked in one run while scoring three himself in a 3-for-5 effort. Scott Shuman came in to close and picked up his third save on the season. 2018 Midwest League Champions Midwest League Playoffs 2019 ◇ 2017 ◇ 2016 ◇ 2013 ◇ 2012 ◇ 2011 STARTING PITCHER #5 Miller Hogan RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Starters by the Numbers Stats for Hot Rods starters, limited to numbers accrued strictly in each pitcher’s starts HT: 6’2” WT: 201 Age: 24 (July 18, 1996) In Game Pitcher GS QS W-L Team W-L AVG IP K/9 BB/9 R/Start Support Birthplace: Overland Park, School: Saint Louis University Battenfield 1 0 0-0 1-0 4.0 13.5 4.5 9.0 6 Kansas Lopez 1 0 0-0 1-0 2.2 16.9 3.4 7.0 3 Acquired: Selected in the 6th round of the 2018 MLB Draft Trageton 1 0 0-0 1-0 3.1 10.8 5.4 14.0 4 Murray 1 0 0-0 1-0 4.0 6.75 0.0 8.0 2 Mercado 1 0 0-0 0-1 2.1 3.86 0.0 1.0 0 Player Specs Awards: None 2018: Went 2-4 with a 4.76 ERA in 11 appearances (eight starts) for Hudson Valley…Struck out 32 Other and walked eight in 34.0 innings…Made his professional debut on June 25 vs. Connecticut, tossing Totals 5 0 0-0 4-1 3.3 10.5 2.76 7.80 15 2.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts…Earned his first pro win on July 2 at Aberdeen, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings in relief with five strikeouts…Threw 4.0 shutout innings at Tri-Cities on August 2021 Home/Road (Regular Season) 10, allowing one hit and matching a season high with five strikeouts…Worked a season-high 5.0 innings in his season finale on August 29 at Brooklyn.