Bowling Green Hot Rods Game Notes ( at LAN)

April 21, 2017 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release

Bowling Green Hot Rods (7-6, 6-6) vs. Lansing Lugnuts (7-7, 7-7)

LHP Travis Ott vs. LHP Tayler Saucedo

Bowling Green Hot Rods - Class-A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays

Friday, April 21, 2017

6:05 p.m. CT

Cooley Law School Stadium - Lansing, MI

Last Game: On Thursday, the Hot Rods snapped a three-game losing streak and a 19-inning scoreless skid with a 6-0 victory against the Lansing Lugnuts in game one of their four-game series at Cooley Law School Stadium.

NEWS AND NOTES

Vs. Lugnuts: This is the second series between the Hot Rods and the Lugnuts this season. Last week, the Hot Rods took 2 of 3 from the Lugnuts at Bowling Green Ballpark. Bowling Green won the first game of the series and then, after a rainout, the two teams split a doubleheader with Lansing winning game one (3-0) and Bowling Green winning game two (5-3). The two teams play a total of 18 times this year.

Scoring Streak: Against Lansing, the Hot Rods pitching staff has held the Lugnuts to four or fewer runs in 20 straight games dating back to the 2016 season.

Suspended Game: On Wednesday, the series finale between the Hot Rods and the Lake County Captains was suspended with two outs in the fifth inning as rain dumped on Classic Park. When the game stopped, the Hot Rods lead 2-0 and Bowling Green SP JD Busfield had retired 12 straight batters to begin his outing. Play will resume at that point of the game on Sunday, June 11 at Classic Park.

Shutouts: In the first 13 games of the season. the Hot Rods have had dominant performances by their pitching staff and have had dominant pitching performances against them. Five of their games have featured shutouts, two of them by the Hot Rods pitching staff. Those happened on April 13 against Fort Wayne and April 20 against Lansing, while the BG offense was blanked in two straight games against Lake County on April 17 and 18 and against Lansing on April 12.

Roster Moves: On Sunday, RHP Roel Ramirez was promoted to High-A Port Charlotte while the Hot Rods received RHP Ethan Clark from Extended Spring. In two appearances with BG, Ramirez with 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA and a save. Clark, 22, was 7-2 with a 2.91 ERA with Princeton last year.

Baseball Prospectus : According to MLB.com, five of the Rays top-14 prospects in the organization are on the Hot Rods Opening Day Roster. Lowe (#6) and Whitley (#11) are joined by Jesus Sanchez (#7) in the outfield while Fox (#13) and 3B/SS Adrian Rondon (#14) headline the contingent in the infield. Bowling Green also has the reigning "Team MVP" for both the Princeton Rays in OF Eleardo Cabrera and the Hudson Valley Renegades with 1B Nathaniel Lowe.

Midwest League Stories from April 21, 2017

• Bees Fend off Snappers, 8-4 - Burlington Bees
• Chiefs Lose 4-1 Friday - Peoria Chiefs
• Hot Rods Score Early, Win Second Straight Game - Bowling Green Hot Rods
• LumberKings Muster Only Two Hits in 3-1 Loss - Clinton LumberKings
• Winning Streak Snapped at Great Lakes - Fort Wayne TinCaps
• Rattlers Beat Peoria 4-1 - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
• Bandits Use Strong Pitching to Win Fifth Straight - Quad Cities River Bandits
• Cubs Top Dragons 4-2, Create Tie for First Place - Dayton Dragons
• Rincon Shines, Loons Bounce Back - Great Lakes Loons
• Learn from LumberKings Players and Coaches at Ashford University Field - Clinton LumberKings
• Lugnuts Starter Gutierrez Placed on DL - Lansing Lugnuts
• High Schools Games Postponed Saturday; Action Will Resume Sunday - Dayton Dragons
• Bowling Green Hot Rods Game Notes ( at LAN) - Bowling Green Hot Rods
• Operation Support Our Troops Concert Moves to Northwestern Medicine - Kane County Cougars
• Cubs Bats Stay Hot in 8-3 Win - South Bend Cubs
• TinCaps Top Great Lakes in 11 - Fort Wayne TinCaps
• Clinton Falls to Power Surging Quad Cities - Clinton LumberKings
• Marathon Sees Loons Falter - Great Lakes Loons
• Bandits Beat LumberKings for Fourth Straight Win - Quad Cities River Bandits
• Lugs Lose Despite Diaz's Dandy Debut - Lansing Lugnuts
• Rattlers Outslug Peoria 11-8 - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
• Chiefs Fall 11-8 Thursday - Peoria Chiefs

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