Baz K's Nine, Johnson has Four Hits in 3-1 Victory
Bowling Green, KY- Shane Baz tied a career-high with nine strikeouts while Kaleo Johnson added four-hits as the Bowling Green Hot Rods defeated the Dayton Dragons 3-1 on Sunday night at Bowling Green Ballpark. The Hot Rods won their fifth-straight game and are 30-20 on the season with a chance
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The Hot Rods struck first, plating a pair of runs in the fourth inning against Dayton starter
Hot Rods starter Baz closed out his fourth outing of the season in the fifth with a bang. After allowing a leadoff single to
The Hot Rods added an insurance run in the fifth against Dragons reliever
Baz (1-0) went 5.0 scoreless innings in the win, holding Dayton to two hits with a walk and nine strikeouts. Hogan added four innings in a save, allowing the solo homer in the ninth with four strikeouts.
Notes: Baz tied a career-high with nine strikeouts… He also tied a season high with five innings pitched, a mark he's reached in each of his first four starts this season… The two hits he allowed is the lowest total of the season for the righty… Pena extended his hitting streak to 10 games… Brundage extended his hitting streak to seven games… Whalen has two hits in each of his first two games with Bowling Green… Franco had his 14th multi-hit game of the season… Franco has a multi-hit game in four straight games and 10 of his last 13 contests… Johnson tied a team-high with four hits in a game… The total is also a career-high for Johnson… It's the 11th multi-hit effort for Johnson… Bowling Green starting pitchers have won seven-straight decisions and have made 16-consecutive starts (since May 12) without taking a loss… Bowling Green is 20-8 in games they score first… The Hot Rods are 15-2 when collecting double-digit hits… BG is 24-6 when out-hitting their opponents…Bowling Green is 16-8 at home…BG is 25-12 against right-handed starters… The Hot Rods will play the series finale of the four-game set against Dayton on Monday afternoon with a 12:05 PM first pitch…LH
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