SAL Bowling Green Hot Rods

Hot Rods Game Notes

Published on June 19, 2022 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release


The Hot Rods magic number is down to 3 with four games left to play in the first half.

A Dominant Win... Bowling Green won by their largest margin of the 2022 season in a 12-0 win over the Winston-Salem Dash. BG held the Dash to two hits and Alika Williams hit two home runs and drove in six runs. VIctor Muñoz won his first start of the season, throwing 5.0 shutout innings while allowing just one hit and striking out three. Dru Baker also chipped in a 3-4 game with three runs scored, and Tanner Murray and Heriberto Hernandez drove in two runs as well.

Yesterday's Notes... Williams' third-inning home run was his second at Bowling Green Ballpark... It was also Bowling Green's 50th homer off a right-handed pitcher... Williams drove in a career-high six runs... His six RBIs were the most by a Hot Rods hitter this season... Williams had the first multi-home run game of his career and the fifth for BG this season... Berglund drove in his first two runs as a Hot Rods player in the fourth... Muñoz allowed one hit, the fewest by a Hot Rods starter since Zack Trageton one-hit the Cyclones on April 26... Leonard struck out five of the six hitters he faced... BG's win was their largest margin of victory this season... Bowling Green's pitching staff combined for the fifth shutout victory of the season...

First Half Homestretch... The series between the Winston-Salem Dash and the Bowling Green Hot Rods is BG's last home series of the first half. BG maintains a 1.5-game lead in first place over the rest of the South Division and Winston-Salem begins their first first series against the Hot Rods in fourth place 4.5 games back. The last time Winston-Salem visited Bowling Green, the Hot Rods won all six games, and they won the last three on the Road by a combined score of 28-10. BG has won both series they have played against the Dash.

Holding on at Home... Bowling Green split last week's series with the Hickory Crawdads, maintaining a 1.5-game lead in the South Division with nine games left in the first half of the SAL season. It was the second series of the season that the Hot Rods didn't win consecutive games, and it keeps BG in the driver's seat in the home stretch of the first half of the season. Osleivis Basabe led the way at the plate with a .348 batting average and he reached base in each every game of the series, including a four-game hit streak beginning on Thursday.

Award-Winning Community Spirit... On Sunday, April 24, the Volunteers in Action executive committee recognized the Bowling Green Hot Rods as their 2022 Truist Spirit of Community Award winner. Since their inception in 2009, the Hot Rods have been very active in South-Central Kentucky and Bowling Green community, partnering with numerous charitable organizations and initiatives. Recently, the Hot Rods helped cleanup from the tornados that devasted Bowling Green and the surrounding cities, aiding with the clean up of the tornado damage around Bowling Green and spearheading a charity auction that donated items from across the county to raise funds to help the community recover.

Postseason Push... The 2022 Playoff structure looks a little different than last season's "High-A East" setup. The season is split into two halves, with the first half ending after games on June 23. Each division's team with the best record will earn a berth, with the divisional first and second half champions facing one another in a three-game series in the post season. The winners of those series will be crowned division champions, with the two remaining teams set to face one another in a three-game championship series. The Hot Rods finish the first half on the road in Greenville, South Carolina in the middle of a six-game series against the Greenville Drive.

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