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 (29-13) vs. Hickory Crawdads (15-29) Thursday, June 24, 2021 - 6:00 PM CT - Video: MiLB.TV (Home only) | Radio: WBGN 94.5 FM, 1340 AM | MiLB Atbat App RHP Jayden Murray (5-0, 1.67) vs. LHP Cody Bradford (2-2, 3.27) Game 43 Away Game 25 Upcoming Schedule Date Opponent BG Probables Opp Probables First Pitch (CT) Friday, June 25 @ Hickory Crawdads LHP John Doxakis (0-0, 10.80) vs. RHP Zak Kent (3-1, 2.49) 6:00 PM 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 Yesterday... BOWLING GREEN BY THE NUMBERS Jacob Lopez and Cole Ragans kept both offenses Hot Prospects quiet for the first three innings Wednesday. In the fourth inning, Overall Record: 29-13 Greg Jones launched his ninth homer of the season, putting up the Pipeline BA Home Record: 15-3 Road Record: 14-10 only offense of the night for Bowling Green. The Hot Rods bullpen 100 TB 100 TB combined for nine strikeouts, allowing just two hits and one run. Current Streak: 4W Greg Jones -- 7 -- 14 Longest Winning Streak: 6W This victory was the eighth for the Hot Rods while being out-hit by Longest Losing Streak: 4L their opponents. Blake Hunt -- 16 -- 26 Last/Current Home Stand: 5-1 John Doxakis -- 28 -- 29 Last/Current Road Trip: 2-0 Streaks and Slams... Since entering the month of June, the Last 5 Games: 4-1 Hot Rods have mounted three winnings streaks of four games or Pedro Martinez -- 30 -- 24 Last 10 Games: 9-1 more and surpassed their home run total from May. From June 2-6, Last 20 Games: 17-3 Recent Transactions May Record: 14-10 Bowling Green won five straight games. Between June 9-15, the June Record: 15-3 Hot Rods won six consecutive games, marking their longest streak 6/15 - OF Alexander, P Doxakis, P White, P Brig- July Record: 0-0 this season. Bowling Green currently has a four-game win streak, den promoted from Low-A Charleston August Record: 0-0 which gives them the second-longest active streak, behind Hudson 6/15 - OF Cardenas, P York, P Battenfield, P Ogan- September Record: 0-0 Valley's five games. These streaks were boosted by the long ball. do Promoted to AA Montgomery October Record: 0-0 Hot Rods hitters have crushed 36 homers, passing their 34 from One-Run Games: 5-5 Two-Run Games: 9-0 May in six fewer games played. Rays Organization Report Three-Run Games: 0-1 Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Four (Plus)-Run Games: 15-7 Stay Hot... The Bowling Green Hot Rods have been one of the Day Record: 4-2 best clubs in all of the minors this season, and have the best record Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) Night Record: 25-11 in the High-A East. If the team wins on Thursday, they'd become R H E Extra Innings: 3-0 just the third team in the minors and first in High-A to reach 30 wins Double Headers (W-L-S) 1-0 TB (44-31) 8 6 0 Shutouts: 5-1 in 2021. Maybe even more staggering is the fact that BG is 20-8 BOS (44-30) 2 6 1 Weather Shortened: 0-1 when facing clubs with a record of .500 or better while maintain- Vs. RH Starters: 21-10 ing a run differential of +77, by far the best in the High-A East. WP: Rich Hill (6-2) Vs. LH Starters: 8-3 Hot Rods Starters: 10-4 June Boom... The Hot Rods have been on fire in the month of LP: Garrett Richards (4-5) Hot Rods Bullpen: 19-9 June, and no one is hotter than Niko Hulsizer. The power bat has SV: None Series Record: 4-1-1 First game of a Series: 5-3 jolted alive this month, hitting 10 homers while batting .379. Hul- Durham Bulls (AAA) sizer has driven in a team-leading 28 RBIs and has produced an Rubber games: 0-0 R H E Hot Rods Score First: 18-7 OPS of 1.458 so far. Opponents Score First: 11-6 DUR (29-14) 1 8 0 Hot Rods Out-Hit Opponents: 19-2 Hurling Away From Home... Bowling Green pitchers have JAX (24-18) 3 6 0 Opponents Out-Hit Hot Rods: 8-10 been sharp on the current road trip. The Hot Rods are 6-1 since Equal Number of Hits: 2-1 hitting the road on June 13th. Over that span, pitchers have held WP: Shawn Morimando (2-2) BG Ballpark Attendance: 37,194 Average Attendance: 2,066 opponents to four runs or less in four games, going 4-0 over those LP: Joe Ryan (2-3) games. SV: Steven Okert (4) Hot Rods vs. Crawdads Yesterday's Notes... Witherspoon had his first outfield assist of Montgomery Biscuits (AA) 2021 Record 2-0 the season… Hogan earned his first save since May 26, 2019… R H E 2021 Series 0-0 Lopez has not allowed a run in his last six appearances… His four MTG (18-24) 4 8 0 strikeouts also snapped a streak of four consecutive games where Current Streak 2W he recorded seven or more… The Hot Rods improved to 5-5 all- BLX (15-28) 3 6 1 2021 Home 0-0 time against Hickory… They’re also 3-3 on the road against the WP: Peyton Battenfield (2-0) Crawdads… BG is 5-5 in one-run games this year… The club is LP: Nick Bennett (1-3) 2021 Road 2-0 on a four-game winning streak… Hulsizer had a six-game hitting All-Time 5-5 streak snapped on Wednesday… SV: Alex Valverde (1) All-Time Series 0-1-1 Charleston Riverdogs (-A) Now pitching: Jayden Murray... Undefeated to this point in All-Time Home 2-2 the season, Jayden Murray is 5-0 with a 1.67 ERA in 2021. He is R H E All-Time Road 3-3 coming off one of his best starts of the season, hurling 5.0 score- CSC (28-14) 5 7 5 All-Time Playoffs 0-0 less innings, while striking out four on 55 pitches against the Rome AUG (19-24) 3 4 4 Braves on June 17th. Murray hasn't recorded a walk in his last two outings and has just eight over the season. He has struck out 32 WP: Luis Moncada (2-0) along with the eight walks, keeping his WHIP to a minuscule 0.64 LP: Ben Thompson (2-1) on the season. SV: Angel Felipe (2) TODAY IN HOT RODS HISTORY June 24, 2017 On this day in Hot Rods history, Bowling Green beat Fernando Tatis Jr. and the Fort Wayne TinCaps 4-0 at Bowling Green Ballpark. The Hot Rods used a four-run bottom of the sixth innings to capture a win, using singles by Jesus Sanchez, Mike Mastrobouni, and Lucius Fox to pull ahead. The pitching staff was led by starter Ethan Clark, who tossed 6.0 scoreless innings while allowing one hit and striking out nine, picking up his third win of the season and securing Bowling Green's 32nd. 2018 Midwest League Champions Midwest League Playoffs 2019 ◇ 2017 ◇ 2016 ◇ 2013 ◇ 2012 ◇ 2011 STARTING PITCHER #18 Jayden Murray (5-0, 1.67 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 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: 23rd round selection in the 2019 MLB Draft Trageton 6 0 3-0 6-0 4.1 8.42 1.40 8.83 5 .17 Throws: FB, SL, CH Murray 8 0 5-0 6-2 4.1 8.82 2.48 5.75 3.25 Mercado 8 0 0-3 4-4 3.2 9.30 2.10 7.88 2.88 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 2019: Over his first season in the minor leagues, Murray primarily played for the Princeton Rays… McKendry 1 0 0-0 0-1 5.0 12.60 1.80 2.00 1.00 While with Princeton, he posted a 2.88 ERA over 34.1 innings pitched… Although his record was 0-2, Doxakis 1 0 0-0 1-0 4.0 6.75 0.00 7.00 1.00 he showed stellar control with 37 strikeouts to just eight walks… He appeared in 11 games with eight Totals 42 0 10-4 29-13 4.0 9.