Hot Rods Game Notes
Published on July 25, 2021 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
The Hot Rods 6-5 loss last night was their first loss since July 11th in Rome, ending their franchise-record 11-game win streak. They try to get back into the win column tonight.
Yesterday... Curtis Mead and Grant Witherspoon both went deep but the Hot Rods fell short of the 12th straight win, 6-5 on Saturday. The Braves plated the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning on a Garrett Saunders single. Bowling Green collected 12 hits in the 6-5 loss.
Swings and Misses... The pitching staff for Bowling Green has excelled at getting strikeouts this season. On Friday, the Hot Rods tied their season-high with 19 K's in a win against the Braves. The staff has posted double-digit strikeouts in each of the last eight games, striking out 127 during that time.
Record-Streak... Bowling Green set their franchise record for their longest win streak at 11 games with a 5-4 walk-off win over the Braves on Friday. The streak beats the previous 10-game record set by the Hot Rods in 2018 & 2019. The streak started on July 11th in Rome against the Braves, and the Hot Rods carried it until the loss on Saturday against Rome.
Jumping For July... Through the first three series of July, the Hot Rods lineup has hit .268 while the pitching staff has put up a 3.05 ERA. Their .268 average is the highest that Bowling Green has posted so far, beating the .251average they finished with in May. With six games left in July, the pitching staff has given up 25 fewer earned runs than the first two months, maintaining a monthly low 3.05 ERA.
Yesterday's Notes... Witherspoon hit his 12th homer of the season and 22nd as a Hot Rod... That ties him for the second-most in a Hot Rods career with Derek Dietrich (2011)... He's two behind career-leader Jordan Qsar (24) who's currently playing for BG... Witherspoon collected a hit in his seventh-straight game... Jones extended his hit streak to five games... Martinez had his sixth multi-hit performance of the season... He also had his 12th multi-hit game of the year... Mead had his third multi-RBI game in Bowling Green... The loss snaps a franchise-record 11-game win streak for Bowling Green... This is their first loss since June 11th... Bowling Green snapped their five-game streak against Rome... They are 20-9 this season against the Braves... BG is 31-13 when scoring first... They are 33-3 when outhitting opponents...
Now pitching: John Doxakis... The lefty has pitched his way to a 0.95 ERA in the month of July. He has struck out 22 while walking just three over the past four games. Doxakis last pitched against Rome to start the current series. He tossed four innings, giving up three runs (one earned), and struck out four while walking two. Doxakis finished with a 3-1 record and a 2.43 ERA in Charleston before receiving the call-up on June 15th.
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