Cook Fans Five in High-A Debut, Hot Rods Fall 9-1 in Greensboro
Published on August 19, 2023 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Greensboro, North Carolina - Alex Cook struck out five over a career-high 3.1 innings during his High-A debut, but the Bowling Green Hot Rods (27-19, 58-49) dropped their third straight game in a 9-1 loss to the Greensboro Grasshoppers (24-22, 60-50) on Saturday from First National Bank Field.
Bowling Green began the scoring in the top of the first against Greensboro starter J.P. Massey. Shane Sasaki led off with a double and moved up to third on a groundout. Dominic Keegan grounded out to third, scoring Sasaki to put the Hot Rods up 1-0.
The Grasshoppers answered back with five runs off Hot Rods starter J.J. Goss in the bottom of the second, capped off with a grand slam by Termarr Johnson. Greensboro went up 9-1 with four more runs against Goss in the bottom of the third, highlighted by a three-run homer from Brenden Dixon.
The Hot Rods went scoreless the rest of the way, falling by a final score of 9-1.
Santiago Florez (5-2) earned the win, striking out three over 3.0 perfect frames. Goss (5-5) took the loss, letting up nine runs on 10 hits, two walks, and three strikeouts over 2.2 innings. Jaycob Deese (1) notched the save, allowing a hit and striking out four over 3.0 shutout innings.
The Hot Rods and the Grasshoppers play the finale of a six-game series on Sunday with first pitch set for 1:00 PM CT. Bowling Green is set to start RHP Duncan Davitt (3-2, 3.26), while RHP Po-Yu Chen toes the slab for Greensboro.
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