BlueClaws take down Hot Rods 10-1
Published 7:30 pm Saturday, May 4, 2024

- Hot Rods first baseman Xavier Isaac (11) celebrates a bat by second baseman Cooper Kinney (8) as he runs to third in the Hot Rods’ season opener 6-1 win against the Hudson Valley Renegades at the Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Ky., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Grace Ramey/grace.ramey@bgdailynews.com)
Cooper Kinney recorded his second straight multi-hit game, but the Bowling Green Hot Rods were held to four hits in a 10-1 loss to the Jersey Shore BlueClaws on Saturday at ShoreTown Ballpark in Lakewood, New Jersey.
Jersey Shore (13-13) scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning against Bowling Green starter Trevor Martin. Bryan Rincon doubled and scored on a single by Felix Reyes to make it 1-0. After Reyes moved up to second on a single by Hendry Mendez, he came around to score on a base hit by Zach Arnold to extend the lead, 2-0.
The BlueClaws batted around against Martin in the bottom of the fourth, scoring five runs to extend the lead, 7-0.
The BlueClaws increased the lead to 10-0 with three runs in the bottom of the fifth off Hot Rods reliever Jonny Cuevas.
Kinney worked a walk with the bases loaded against Jersey Shore reliever Alex Rao, but the scoring stopped there for the Hot Rods in the 10-1 loss.
Braeden Fausnaught (3-0) earned the win, allowing three hits, two walks and tallying eight strikeouts over six scoreless frames of work. Martin (2-2) took the loss, allowing seven runs (four earned) on seven hits, two walks and totaling three strikeouts over 2.2 innings.
The Hot Rods (13-13) and the BlueClaws play the finale of a six-game series on Sunday with first pitch set for 12:05 p.m. CT. Bowling Green is set to start right-hander Alex Cook (2-1, 1.42), while the BlueClaws are rolling out righty Starlyn Castillo (0-2, 3.97).