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Welcome to the 2010 Season for the Bowling Green Hot Rods, Class-A Midwest League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays!

Bowling Green's schedule to open the season is:

• April 8-10 at Ft. Wayne Tin Caps (SDN)
• April 11-13 vs Dayton Dragons (CIN)
• April 14-16 vs West Michigan Whitecaps (DET)
• April 17-19 at Lansing Lugnuts (TOR)
• April 20-22 at South Bend Silver Hawks (AZN)
• April 23-25 vs Lake County Captains (CLE)
• April 27-29 vs. Great Lakes Loons (LAN)
• April 30 at Dayton Dragons (CIN)

The Coaches:

• 12 - Castillo, Manny (Batting)
• 18 - Lichtenstein, R.C. (Pitching)
• 26 - Williams, Brady (Manager)

The Roster as of 8 Apr 10 (per BGHotRods.com):

• 20 - Acosta, Mayobanex
• 24 - Biell, Dustin
• 16 - Bortnick, Tyler
• 13 - Cedeno, Julio
• 45 - Colome, Alexander
• 37 - de la Rosa, Jairo
• 15 - Diogenes, Luis
• 40 - Dyer, Shane
• 21 - Estrada, Robi
• 9 - Francisco, Tomas
• 23 - Koronis, Alex
• 14 - Lobstein, Kyle
• 34 - Mavarez, Deivis
• 25 - McEachern, Jason
• 26 - Morrison, Ty
• 11 - Murrill, Christopher
• 5 - Nmmensen, Brett
• 36 - Rodriguez, Wilking
• 29 - Shuman, Scott
• 19 - Sonoqui, Eli
• 17 - Spraker, Kyle
• 27 - Stabelfeld, Matthew
• 30 - Sullivan, Jake
• 33 - Thomas, Mark
• 31 - Wiegand, Ryan
• 22 - Yates, Kirby

Alexander Colome starts the season against Ft. Wayne's Nick Greenwood.

Bowling Green (0-1) lost at Fort Wayne, 7-2: Recap, Box.

Alexander Colome took the brunt of the damage, 6 runs in 3 innings for the loss. Christopher Murrill went 3-5; Brett Nommensen and Mark Thomas had two hits each (one a homer for Thomas).

Bowling Green (0-2) lost at Fort Wayne again, 5-4: Recap, Box.

Jason McEachern worked into the 5th, and gave up 3. The Hot Rods rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the ninth, and had the tying run on 1st, but couldn't scrape it out. Murrill, Cedeno and Nommensen all went 2-4.

Bowling Green (1-2) salvaged their last game of this series against Ft. Wayne, 5-1: Recap, Box.

Shane Dyer had a good start, allowing 1 run (and no walks) in 5, but didn't get any run support. The Hot Rods got to TinCaps reliever Matt Irsfeld for 3 runs in the 7th to finally get their first win of the season. Brett Nommensen had another good game at the plate: 3 of 4 with a triple and a walk.

Bowling Green (1-3) continued their slow start, losing to the Dayton Dragons in the ninth, 6-8: Recap, Box.

Hot Rods reliever Kirby Yates came into the game with a man on and two out in the top of the 7th, getting a forceout to end a threat and maintain a 6-6 tie. After pitching a relatively uneventful 8th, things started getting hairy: 1B, F7, 1B (and an advance on the throw from LF), IBB to set up the DP, CI scores a run and keeps the bases loaded, and an RBI FC before an F8 ends the inning. Damage done, the Hot Rods can't respond in the bottom of the 9th.

Wilking Rodriguez gave up 6 runs (4 earned) in 5 innings for the start. SS Diogenes Luis went 2-3 with a double and a SB; C Mark Thomas was 2-4 with a HR.

Bowling Green (1-4) has more bullpen issues, as they lose to Dayton again, 4-7. Recap, Box.

If you ignore the 4 combined innings from RPs Jairo de la Rosa and Matthew Stabelfeld, though, things start looking better. SP Kyle Lobstein had five innings in which he allowed only 2 hits and a walk, while striking out 3. DH Tyler Bortnick was 3-5; SS Robi Estrada was 2-3.

April 13:

Bowling Green (2-4) beat Dayton, 3-1: Recap, Box.

Alexander Colome bounced back from his poor first outing to go 6 shutout innings. He struck out 6, walk none, and allowed only 1 hit. 2B Tyler Botnick was 3-4 with a SB. DH Brett Nommenson went 2-4 with 2 SB.

April 14:
Bowling Green (2-5) fell in the series opener against West Michigan, 6-2: Recap, Box.

Not a lot to like about this game. SP Jason McEachern got his 2nd loss, with 5 runs over 4 innings. Not many hits. However, Deivis Mavarez and Jairo de la Rosa combined to pitch 5 innings of 1-run ball; 2B Kyle Spraker went 3-4 with a run and a SB.

April 15:
Bowling Green (3-5) won a close game over West Michigan, 2-1: Recap, Box

SP Shane Dyer didn't get the win, but still did well: 1 run in 5 innings, though he walked 3. 1B Eligio Sonoqui was 2-4 with a HR and both RBI.

April 16:
Bowling Green (3-6) lost an 11-inning matchup to West Michigan, 9-4: Recap, Box

The Hot Rods scored first in the 3rd, and extended their lead to 4-0 after 4, but the Whitecaps had it tied after 7. SP Wilking Rodriguez pitched well (6 inn, 1 R, 9 K). RP Jairo de la Rosa took his 2nd loss after allowing 5 in the 11th. LF Christopher Murrill & CF Dustin Biell were both 2-5; C Mark Thomas was 3-6.

April 17:

Bowling Green (3-7) continues to struggle, dropping their first in Lansing, 7-1: Recap, Box

LF Chris Murrill scored the Hot Rods' lone run and had their only multi-hit performance, 2-4 with a 2B. He was driven in during the top of the 9th on a groundout by DH Eli Sonoqui. SP Kyle Lobstein lasted 4 innings and was responsible for 4 of Lansing's 7 runs.

April 18:

Bowling Green (3-8), extended their losing streak to 3 games, falling again to Lansing, 4-3: Recap, Box

SP Alexander Colome was uneven in his 3rd start of the season: 4.2 IP, and although he only allowed 1 ER, an unearned run scored on his own error (attempting to pickoff Lansing's Bradley Glenn). The loss, however, was pinned on RP Deivis Mavarez for his 2.1 inning, 2 run performance. CF Dustin Biell went 2-4 with a 3B. 3B Julio Cedeno and RF Ty Morrison each had 2Bs.

April 19:

Bowling Green (3-9) lost at Lansing, 9-3: Recap, Box

SP Jason McEachern took the loss with a 4 IP, 4 R appearance; RP Matthew Stabelfeld one-upped him with 1.2 IP and 5 R. The Hot Rods only managed 3 hits all night, highlighted by Cf Dustin Biell's 2-RBI 1B off Lugnuts SP Matt Fields.

April 20:
Bowling Green (3-10) lost to South Bend, 7-1: Recap, Box

SP Shane Dyer didn't do badly (6 IP, 2 ER, 8 K), but the only offense for the Hot Rods was a solo HR by DH Dustin Biell.

April 21:
Bowling Green (3-11) lost to South Bend, their 6th straight, 3-0: Recap, Box

SP Wilking Rodriguez went 6 IP and allowed 2 R (1 earned). The combined offense managed only 3 hits and 1 BB against South Bend SP Chase Anderson.

April 22:
Bowling Green (3-12) woke up offensively with a season-high 14 hits, but came away with another loss to South Bend, 8-6: Recap, Box

SP Kyle Lobstein earned his second loss went only 3 innings, with 5 R (4 ER). 2B Tyler Bortnick was 2-5 with 2 2B; SS Robi Estrada was 3-4.