Bowling Green Hot Rods Game Notes (vs. Lake County)
June 14, 2016 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS GAME NOTES
Bowling Green Hot Rods (31-32, 31-32) vs. Lake County Captains (38-26, 38-26)
LHP Genesis Cabrera (5-2, 2.27 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Esparza (6-2, 3.71 ERA)
Bowling Green Hot Rods - Class-A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays
Tuesday, June 14
#64 of #140 - 6:35 p.m.
Bowling Green Ballpark - Bowling Green, KY
LAST GAME
Last Game: In the opener of a three-game series against the Lake County Captains, the Hot Rods lost their series opener by a score of 7-2 on Monday evening. The elimination # for Bowling Green for playoff contention in the first half is at one.
NEWS AND NOTES
2016 Midwest League All-Stars: On Tuesday, six Hot Rods players were selected to the Midwest League Eastern Division midseason all-star team. SS Jacob Cronenworth was the only selected starter, headlining four position players selected that includes 3B Kevin Padlo, INF Michael Russell and C Brett Sullivan. Joining those four players are LHP Genesis Cabrera and RHP Diego Castillo. At the time of the selection, Cronenworth was tied for the league-lead with a .342 batting average and 41 runs scored, Sullivan also lead the league with 39 runs batted in and was tied for the league lead with 9 homers while Padlo was second in the league with 35 walks and tied for fourth in the league with eight homers. Bowling Green has now sent six or more players to the Midwest League All-Star game four times in franchise history, including last year when they sent eight players. In 2013, the Hot Rods had a franchise-record nine mid-season all-stars.
Elimination Number: Per the Midwest League website, the Hot Rods elimination number is at one when it comes to playoff contention in the first half of the Midwest League season slate. At best, Bowling Green can finish at 37-32 in the first half, while the top two teams in the East (SB and LC) already have 38 wins.
Baseball Prospectus: Three Bowling Green Hot Rods players were present in the Tampa Bay Rays prospect list (top-30) on MLB.com. Leading the way is 3B Kevin Padlo, who ranks 20th on the list. RHP Jose Mujica is the 25th ranked prospect in the organization while 2B Brandon Lowe comes in at #28.
2016 Homerun Derby: On Friday, C Brett Sullivan was selected as one of six players to participate in the 2016 Midwest League homerun derby. The Midwest League all-star celebrated that his league-leading 10th homer of the season on Saturday against the Cubs.
Vs. Captains: The Hot Rods and Captains are playing each other for the third time this year and the second time in the past two weeks. The two teams met last week at Classic Park, where the Captains won the first two games while the Hot Rods won the series finale. This season, the Hot Rods are 3-5 overall against LC.
Transactions: On Sunday, the Hot Rods sent OF Angel Perez to Hudson Valley while OF David Olmedo-Barrera was added to the Hot Rods active roster. Olmedo-Barrera, a 12th round draft pick in 2015, hit .288 with four homers and 21 runs batted in with Princeton (Appalachian League) last year. Perez played 28 games with the Hot Rods, hitting .190 with eight runs batted in. Overall, the Hot Rods have made 22 transactions this year, promoting 4 players to A+ Port Charlotte, receiving 3 players from A+ Port Charlotte and have three players currently on the disabled list.
News and Notes: The Hot Rods have scored 11 or more runs five times this season, two more times than all of last year...Bowling Green tied a franchise-record with 7 doubles on 4/26 vs. CLI (Last set: 7/20/15 vs. LC) ... During game two of a doubleheader with DAY on 5/21, the Hot Rods played their shortest 7-inning game in franchise history (1:26), shattering the previous shortest game by 10 minutes... With a GS-homer and 5 RBI on 5/22 at DAY, Brett Sullivan became the first Hot Rods player with 5 RBI in a game since 6/30/13 (Leo Reginatto) and the first BG player with a grandslam since 7/2/15 (Riley Unroe)... on 5/31 at Lake County, Hot Rods pitchers set a franchise-record by issuing 12 walks, breaking the previous record of 11 that was set six other times in seven prior seasons... LHP Michael Velasquez had a perfect game bid broken after 6.1 innings on 6/12 vs. SB, but Hot Rods pitchers combined to give up season-low two hits in 6-0 win.
Current Trends: The Bowling Green Hot Rods snapped a streak of 14 straight games under three hours on Friday against Fort Wayne (3:15)... Hot Rods are 9-18 in their last 27 games, but have scored four or fewer runs in each of the losses and five or more runs in all of their wins... In eight games against the Captains this year, the Hot Rods have allowed Lake County to score 14 unearned runs, nearly two a game.
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