Bowling Green Hot Rods Game Notes ( at FW)
Published on May 30, 2017 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Bowling Green Hot Rods (22-27, 22-27) vs. Fort Wayne TinCaps (18-33, 18-33)
RHP Adrian Navas vs. RHP Adrian De Horta
Bowling Green Hot Rods - Class-A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays
Tuesday, May 30
7:05 PM (Eastern)
Parkview Field - Fort Wayne, IN
Last Game: On Monday, the Hot Rods finished off an eight-game homestand in style with a 5-3 win over the Lake County Captains at Bowling Green Ballpark. The Hot Rods finished the stint at Bowling Green Ballpark with a 5-3 record.
NEWS AND NOTES
Playing the TinCaps: The Hot Rods and TinCaps are facing off against each other for the third time this season. They played seven of the first ten games of the season against each other. Bowling Green is 4-3 against Fort Wayne so far, winning two of the last three games in Southcentral Kentucky in Mid-April. To begin the 2017 season, the Hot Rods and TinCaps split a four-game set, with each team going 1-1 on their home field. During that opening series, the Hot Rods pitchers held the TinCaps hitters to a .178 batting average, recording 53 strikeouts in 4 games. The Hot Rods hitters only hit .222 while striking out 52 times. Last year, the Hot Rods were 10-8 against the TinCaps, sporting a 4-6 record at Bowling Green Ballpark with a 6-2 record on the road at Parkview Field.
Roster Moves: On Tuesday, RHP Jayson McKinley was added to the Hot Rods active roster from extended spring training while RHP Peter Bayer was transferred to extended spring training. McKinley had seven saves in nine opportunities last year with Hudson Valley. He is making his first action of the 2017 season.
Rough Road: With the series against Fort Wayne starting on May 30, the Hot Rods are on a 13.5 game/14 day roadtrip. They will play three games with the TinCaps, then head to Michigan for three games with the Great Lakes Loons, head back down to Indiana for three games with the South Bend Cubs and then finish things off in Ohio with 4.5 games (conclusion of suspended game) with the Lake County Captains. The next home game for the Hot Rods is on June 13. Barring rainouts or cancelled games, this will be the longest roadtrip in Hot Rods franchise history. The previous longest roadtrip was 11 games, set in 2011 and 2014. This roadtrip will finish a stretch for the Hot Rods that includes 20 of 28 games on the road. They lost 6 of 7 games on the road against Dayton and West Michigan and then went 5-3 in a homestand against South Bend and Lake County. Bowling Green is just 7-14 on the road this season.
Who's Hot: Since returning from a two-week stint on the disabled list, outfielder Garrett Whitley is hitting .333 (9-for-27) with four runs batted in. In the month of May, Whitley is hitting .341 with a homer and six runs batted in. Along with Whitley, INF Miles Mastrobuoni (.341), INF Lucius Fox (.330) and INF Robbie Tenerowicz (.329) are all hitting well over .300 this month.
No-Hitter: On May 19, the Hot Rods found themselves on the wrong side of a no-hitter for the second time in franchise history as three Dayton Dragons pitchers combined for the no-no in a 2-0 win. It was the first no-hitter since April 11, 2009, when Bowling Green got no-hit by the Hickory Crawdads in game one of a doubleheader. It was the second game ever in Bowling Green Hot Rods franchise history.
News and Notes: The Hot Rods have scored 10 or more runs in 5 of their last 7 wins and have 8 games this year of 10 or more runs.. BG broke out for 20 hits on 5/24 vs SB, their most since 6/15/14 vs. FW... On 4/24, the Hot Rods and Dayton Dragons played a 12-inning game which took 4:21. It was the longest game for the Hot Rods since 8/5/13 (5:08 vs SB) ...On 4/22, the Hot Rods tied a franchise-record set in 2010 and blew an eight-run lead in a 12-10 loss to the Lansing Lugnuts.. ...
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