
Hot Rods Drop Rocks 8-1 on Saturday
Published on August 7, 2021 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Wilmington, DE - John Doxakis tossed five shutout innings and got support from four home runs in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (59-24) 8-1 win over the Wilmington Blue Rocks (33-50) on Saturday night at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The two teams will play the series finale on Sunday with a 12:05 PM CT first pitch.
Bowling Green took a third-inning lead thanks to a solo homer against Blue Rocks starter Seth Shuman, making his Wilmington debut. Jacson McGowan hit a one-out blast to give the Hot Rods a 1-0 lead. The solo shot was McGowan's 14th of the year.
Michael Gigliotti hit his second home run of the series in the fifth to extend the lead against Shuman. Jordan Qsar led off with a single and McGowan worked a one-out walk. Gigliotti lifted a deep fly ball over the right-field fence, making it a 4-0 Bowling Green lead. They tacked on two more runs in the sixth thanks to a two-run homer off the bat of Blake Hunt to extend the lead to 6-0. Greg Jones added a one-run blast in the seventh and Grant Witherspoon doubled home a run in the ninth. The Blue Rocks plated a run in the ninth against Colby White but the Hot Rods hung on to win 8-1.
Doxakis (3-1) tossed 5.0 scoreless frames while holding the Blue Rocks to two hits with five strikeouts. Zack Trageton lasted 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit with two strikeouts. Colby White allowed one run on one hit with two walks, a hit batter, and four strikeouts.
Notes: Gigliotti has a five-game hit streak... Hunt is one home run shy of becoming the eighth BG player with 10+ homers this season... Jones had his 18th multi-hit game of the season... He was caught stealing for just the second time this season.. Gigliotti had his second... Witherspoon had his 17th multi-hit effort... He also had his sixth three-hit game of the year... Ostberg had his 11th multi-hit game this year... Bowling Green won their 11th series of the season.. They're 38-13 when scoring first... BG is 29-12 in games decided by four or more runs... Martinez struck out five times... The Hot Rods will send RH Carlos Garcia (6-1, 4.31) to the mound against Blue Rocks LH Evan Lee (1-3, 5.32)... Fans can catch all of the action by watching on MiLB.tv or listening through the MiLB First Pitch app, tuning into WBGN 94.5 FM and 1340 AM, or visiting https://www.milb.com/bowling-green/fans/audio-listen-live.
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