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Bowling Green Hot Rods Game Notes

Published on August 27, 2016 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release


Bowling Green Hot Rods (77-53: 36-32, 40-21) vs. Dayton Dragons (45-86, 21-49, 24-37)

RHP Roel Ramirez vs. RHP Tony Santillan

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

Saturday, August 27

Game #131 - 6:35 pm

Bowling Green Ballpark - Bowling Green, KY

LAST GAME

Last Game: Starting a four-game series at Bowling Green Ballpark, the Hot Rods were shutout by the Dayton Dragons by a score of 9-0 on Friday night. Wendolyn Bautista tossed the first complete-game, nine-inning shutout against the Hot Rods in franchise history.

NEWS AND NOTES

PLAYOFFS : By sweeping a five-game series at Lake County and winning their last six games overall, the Bowling Green Hot Rods punched their ticket to the 2016 Midwest League Postseason with a 14-2 win at Classic Park on Thursday. It will be the Hot Rods fourth trip to the Midwest League Postseason in franchise history and the first since 2013. Bowling Green made the playoffs in three straight seasons (2011-13), but failed to win a playoff game during those postseason runs. The Hot Rods magic # to clinch a Midwest League East Division title is at one.

Motoring Mujica: As the pitcher of record in the Hot Rods playoff-clinching win on Thursday at Lake County, Jose Mujica put the finishing touches on a dominant second half on the mound. In nine starts since July 1, Mujica has nine straight quality starts and is 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA. He has also not walked a batter in his last four starts, spanning 26.0 innings.

Vs Dragons: The Hot Rods and Dragons are playing for the fourth time this season and are playing their first games against each other at Bowling Green Ballpark since the first two games of the 2016 Midwest League Season, sweeping the Dragons in that series. Overall, the Hot Rods are 9-4 against the Dragons this year.

Postseason All-Star: On Tuesday, Kevin Padlo was the sole Hot Rods representative on the 2016 Midwest League Post Season All-Star team. Padlo is leading the league in walks and is tied for second in the league with 16 homers. Padlo is the tenth Hot Rods player to be named at Midwest League Post Season roster and is the first since Kean Wong in 2014.

News, Notes, Records : 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)...

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..In the final game of the first half on 6/19 at FW, 2B Brandon Lowe tied a franchise-record with 5 walks in a single game, last set in 2010 by Bennett Davis.... On 7/4, Brett Sullivan tied the Hot Rods record with three doubles against LC, becoming the fifth player in franchise history with 3 2B in a game... In a span from 6/25 to 7/18, Brandon Lowe broke a franchise record with an 18-game hit streak, with the previous high being set by KD Kang in 2009 (17 games).. The Hot Rods nine-game win streak from 7/11 - 7/22 was tied for the longest in franchise history, which was set in 2011 (June 8 - June 17)... On 7/24, Tyler Brashears broke the franchise record for the most innings thrown in a relief appearance with 6.1 IP of scoreless baseball... From 7/7 - 7/17, Manny Sanchez tied the franchise record by hitting a HR in five straight games, a record only set once (Derek Dietrich - 2011).. In July, the Hot Rods set a franchise-record with 9 straight home wins (7/5 to 7/27), tied a franchise-record with 9 straight win overall (7/11 - 7/22) and tied a franchise-record with a HR in 10 straight games (7/15 to 7/25) set in 2015... In early August, the Hot Rods finished a roadtrip at DAY/LAN with a perfect 7-0 record, the first time they've finished a roadtrip of six or longer games with a perfect record in franchise history...The Hot Rods have swept two, four-game series on the road this year (AT DAY, AT FW), something they haven't done since 2012... Bowling Green has tied a franchise-record with two, nine-game win streaks (previous record set in 2012) and they won a franchise record nine straight road games.

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