SAL Bowling Green Hot Rods

Jones Homers Hot Rods to 2-1 Victory on Wednesday

Published on June 23, 2021 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
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Hickory, North Carolina - The Bowling Green Hot Rods pitching staff combined to hold The Hickory Crawdads to five hits while Greg Jones hit a decisive homer in the Hot Rods 2-1 victory on Wednesday night at LP Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina. The two teams play the third game of the series on Thursday with a 6:00 PM CT first pitch.

After four shutout innings by both starters, the Hot Rods plated a pair of runs in the fifth against Crawdads southpaw Cole Ragans. Osmy Gregorio worked a one-out walk and went to second on a wild pitch. With two outs, Greg Jones hit his ninth homer of the season, and second in as many nights, over the center-field wall. The homer was just out of reach for Crawdads centerfielder Kellen Strahm, who leaped at the wall and gave the Hot Rods a 2-0 advantage.

The Crawdads got a homer to come within a run against Bowling Green reliever Miller Hogan in the eighth. With two outs, Strahm hit his second homer of the season to cut Bowling Green's lead to 2-1. Hogan returned to the mound in the ninth and allowed a double to Pedro Gonzalez who eventually went to third but Hogan got pinch hitter David Garcia to fly out to center, ending the game and giving Bowling Green a 2-1 win.

Jacob Lopez tossed three shutout innings while holding Hickory to three hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Evan McKendry (3-1) earned the win after hurling 2.0 scoreless and hitless frames, issuing one walk with three strikeouts. Chris Muller threw 2.0 innings without allowing a baserunner, striking out four and earned his first hold of the season. Hogan (1) finished the final two innings, allowing one run on two hits with two strikeouts in a save.

Notes- Witherspoon had his first outfield assist of the season... Hogan earned his first save since May 26, 2019... Lopez has not allowed a run in his last six appearances... His four strikeouts also snapped a streak of four consecutive games where he recorded seven or more... The Hot Rods improved to 5-5 all-time against Hickory... They're also 3-3 on the road against the Crawdads... BG is 5-5 in one-run games this year... The club is on a four-game winning streak... Hulsizer had a six-game hitting streak snapped on Wednesday... The Hot Rods and Crawdads continue their six-game series on Thursday with a 6:00 PM CT first pitch... Hot Rods RH Jayden Murray (5-0, 1.67) will take the mound against Crawdads LH Cody Bradford (2-2, 3.27)... 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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