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July 18, 2021 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release


A night after setting the franchise record for homers in a season, BG looks to sweep the franchise's first six-game series on Sunday.

Yesterday... Erik Ostberg hit the team's record-breaking 107th homer and Jacob Lopez struck out 10 in Bowling Greens 8-1 win over Winston-Salem on Saturday. The pitching staff as a whole struck out 18 and the offense brought in eight runs on nine hits to back them up. This was the fifth straight game a Hot Rods starter has received the win and the sixth-straight win overall for Bowling Green.

Record Broken... The Hot Rods have hit 107 home runs this season, breaking the franchise record set in 2011. Bowling Green has hit their 107 homers in 64 games, passing the record just over halfway through the season. The record set in 2011 was done in a 140 game season, opposed to the 120 game 2021 campaign.

Strong Starts... Through the last five games, the winning pitcher has been a Hot Rods starter. Jayden Murray and John Doxakis earned the wins in Wednesday's doubleheader. On Thursday, Zack Trageton tossed five hitless innings for the win, while on Friday Michael Mercado earned the decision. On Saturday, Jacob Lopez struck out 10 in five innings, earning his third win of the year and the fifth-straight for a Bowling Green starter. Over this span, the rotation has improved their record to 16-9.

Player Movement... OF Niko Hulsizer has been promoted to AA Montgomery after his stellar month of June. He brought home the High-A East Player of the Month award after batting .325 and leading the league in homers (10), RBI (30), and OPS (1.220). OF Michael Gigliotti was activated from the IL and will join Bowling Green this homestand. He ended the 2019 season at the A Advanced level before being traded to the Rays in 2020. INF Osmy Gregorio was released and LHP Joe La Sorsa was transfered to Low-A Charleston, leaving the Hot Rods roster at 28 players.

Leading the East... Six consecutive wins have helped keep the Hot Rods at the top of the High-A East league. Bowling Green (44-21) has a two-game lead over Hudson Valley (42-23) for the best record in the league. In the South Division, the Hot Rods are five games ahead of Greensboro, who has won 39 games this season and are 7-3 in their last 10 games. Bowling Green has used their league-leading 386 runs scored this season to stay at the top.

Yesterday's Notes... Lopez struck out a career-high 10 batters... He also tied his season-high with 5.0 innings pitched... This is Lopez's third straight outing of 5.0 innings... Qsar collected his 11th multi-hit game of 2021... Trevino had his fifth multi-hit game of the season... Ostberg logged his fourth multi-RBI effort of the year... His home run in the second inning was the 107th of the season for Bowling Green, breaking the team single-season franchise record set in 2011... The Hot Rods 18 strikeouts fall one short of the season-high 19... BG won their sixth-straight game, tying their season-high... Bowling Green starters are 16-9 this year... A Hot Rods starter has received the win in each of the last five games... The Hot Rods are 27-12 when scoring first... They are 28-2 when outhitting the opponent... BG is 31-16 against right-handed starters.

Now pitching: Alan Strong... The 2019 MWL All-Star is getting his first start for Bowling Green in 2021. Strong is the all-time wins leader, racking up 15 wins for the Hot Rods between 2019 and 2021. He has a 5-0 record this year, posting a 1.65 ERA and holding opponents to a .217 batting average. Strong has also excelled at striking out batters, making 19 batters whiff while walking just three over 16.1 innings of work.

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