MIDWEST LEAGUE
BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS AT WEST MICHIGAN WHITECAPS
06/28/2115
 
MIDWEST LEAGUE
BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS AT WEST MICHIGAN WHITECAPS
GAME ID: 9610 - FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH , 2115 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bowling Green Hot Rods (21-51) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 1
West Michigan Whitecaps (46-26) 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5 8 0
Bowling Green Sent Home with 5-4 Loss
Led by Chad Heatherly, the West Michigan Whitecaps downed the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 5-4. Heatherly went 2-4 with a home run. He drove in 4 runs and scored once for the Whitecaps. The winning pitcher was 25-year old left-handed pitcher Stephen Hightower. He tossed 116 pitches over 7 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits. Paul Lund recorded his 5th save for West Michigan.

With West Michigan leading 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth, Heatherly hit a run-scoring single off Bowling Green hurler Pete Joyce. It was the 48th hit of the season for Heatherly and put his team ahead, 5-3.

"It takes a lot of things to win a ballgame," said West Michigan manager Matt Young. "It's usually not just one thing."

Bowling Green has now lost 5 straight.
BOWLING GREEN BATTING LINESCORE WEST MICHIGAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Duhon 2B 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 .194 4 9
   a-J. Valenzuela PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 0 0
K. Fontaine DH 4 0 1 1 1 3 1 .177 4 20
S. Trotti CF 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 .245 3 16
J. Uhl 1B 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 .263 5 21
J. Folger SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .212 1 11
T. Baylis RF 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 .254 5 25
J. Morris LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .236 4 20
A. Hoffman C 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0
J. Vera 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .375 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4 3 16 18      
a - J. Valenzuela pinch hit for D. Duhon in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Uhl (11, 4th Inning off S. Hightower, 0 on, 1 out) , D. Duhon (7, 7th Inning off S. Hightower, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Baylis (5, 2nd Inning off S. Hightower, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: D. Duhon 3 , K. Fontaine , J. Uhl 2 , J. Folger , T. Baylis 5 , A. Hoffman , J. Vera
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , J. Uhl 2 , A. Hoffman
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: D. Duhon (27) , K. Fontaine (3)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Hoffman (1)
PB: A. Hoffman
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
P. Pontius 3B 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 .179 1 7
J. Capo LF 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 .238 3 25
P. Waters 1B 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 .250 5 29
C. Heatherly CF 4 1 2 4 0 1 2 .258 4 24
R. Owen SS 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 .250 0 8
C. Anderson 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .120 2 5
W. Patterson DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .368 0 5
T. Loy RF 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .347 2 15
K. Jensen C 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .254 0 3
Totals 32 5 8 5 6 5 18      
BATTING
Doubles: J. Capo (21, 6th Inning off P. Joyce, 2 on, 2 outs) , W. Patterson (3, 7th Inning off P. Joyce, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: C. Heatherly (4, 1st Inning off D. Gomez, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Capo 3 , C. Heatherly 5 , W. Patterson 2 , T. Loy 3
2-out RBI: J. Capo , C. Heatherly 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: P. Pontius , R. Owen , C. Anderson 2 , K. Jensen
Sac Bunt: K. Jensen
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: P. Waters (6) , C. Heatherly (5) , T. Loy (4)
BOWLING GREEN PITCHING LINESCORE WEST MICHIGAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Gomez L (0-1) 5.1 5 4 2 4 5 1 95 3.38   
P. Joyce 2.2 3 1 1 2 0 0 41 4.98   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Gomez 47
Batters Faced: D. Gomez 26, P. Joyce 13
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Gomez 3-9, P. Joyce 4-4
Pitches - Strikes: D. Gomez 95-54, P. Joyce 41-21
Inherited Runners - Scored: P. Joyce 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Hightower W (2-1) 7.0 8 4 4 2 13 1 116 5.34   
T. Hicks H (2) 1.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 29 1.69   
P. Lund SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hightower 56
Batters Faced: S. Hightower 31, T. Hicks 7, P. Lund 0
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hightower 2-6, T. Hicks 0-2, P. Lund 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hightower 116-74, T. Hicks 29-19, P. Lund 0-0
Inherited Runners - Scored: P. Lund 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Chad Heatherly
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Weather: Clear skies (69 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM CT
Time: 3:25
Attendance: 11038
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