SAL Bowling Green Hot Rods

McGowan Homers as Hot Rods Fall 5-2 on Friday

Published on June 25, 2021 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
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Hickory, North Carolina - Jacson McGowan had two hits, including a homer, in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (30-15) 5-2 loss to the Hickory Couch Potatoes (16-30) at LP Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina on Friday night. The two teams will play the fifth game of a six-game series on Saturday with at 6:00 PM CT first pitch.

Hot Rods starter John Doxakis held the Couch Potatoes to one hit over his first three innings of work, but Hickory broke open the game in the fourth against the southpaw. Pedro Gonzalez led off with a single and stole second while Frainyer Chavez singled to left. Both runners stole a base to move up 90-feet and Blain Crim singled to score Chavez, giving Hickory a 1-0 lead. The ball never left the infield for the next two hitters, but a pair of runs extended Hickory's lead to 3-0.

Bowling green picked up a run in the fifth off Hickory starter Zak Kent. The righty shut down the Hot Rods lineup until Jordan Qsar singled to left and Hill Alexander did the same. McGowan followed with the same result, driving in Qsar to make it a 3-1 game.

The Couch Potatoes scored runs in the fifth and sixth before the Hot Rods got back on the board in the seventh. McGowan took Hickory reliever Sean Chandler deep to make it a 5-2 game.

Doxakis (0-1) took the loss after allowing four runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts over 4.0 innings of work. Tanner Dodson tossed 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one run on one hit and a walk with three strikeouts. Alan Strong pitched the eighth and ninth innings, striking out three.

Notes- Friday's loss snaps a five-game win streak... McGowan had his sixth multi-hit game... He also collected his sixth multi-RBI effort... BG is 15-11 on the road this season... They're also 0-2 in games decided by three runs in 2021... Bowling Green is 3-1 against Hickory this year... They're also 6-6 all-time against the Crawdads... The Hot Rods are 16-4 in the month of June... BG is 12-7 when their opponents score first... The Hot Rods and Crawdads continue their six-game series on Saturday with a 6:00 PM CT first pitch... Hot Rods LH Joe La Sorsa (2-0, 2.86) will take the mound against Crawdads LH Avery Weems (1-3, 3.97)... 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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