Bowling Green Rallies Late, Defeats Aberdeen 7-4
July 31, 2025 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Bowling Green, Kentucky - The Bowling Green Bootleggers (53-44, 19-14) used a four-run eighth inning to outlast the Aberdeen IronBirds (38-59, 14-18), 7-4 on Thursday night at Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Bowling Green kicked off the scoring in the fourth inning off starter Jacob Cravey. Noah Myers drew a leadoff walk, stole second and moved to third on an error. Myers scored on a fielder's choice from Raudelis Martinez, putting the Bootleggers ahead, 1-0.
Aberdeen responded with four runs in the sixth inning off reliever Dalton Fowler. Austin Overn reached on a leadoff walk, moved to second on a single, and stole third. Ethan Anderson walked, and Anderson De Los Santos doubled in Overn, moving Anderson to third and tying the game at 1-1. Anderson scored on a wild pitch, putting the IronBirds ahead, 2-1. De Los Santos advanced to third on a Yasmil Bucce walk and scored on a sacrifice bunt from Maikol Hernandez, extending Aberdeen's lead to 3-1. Jake Cunningham scored Bucce on a double, pushing the IronBirds lead to 4-1.
Bowling Green responded with one run in the bottom of the sixth off reliever Devin Kirby-Williams. Myers reached on an error, moved to second on a wild pitch and advanced to third on a single from Ryan Spikes. Martinez drove in Spikes on a single, cutting the deficit to 4-2. Carlos Colmenarez singled home Spikes to slash the deficit to 4-3.
The Bootleggers regained the lead in the bottom of the eighth off reliever Ryan Cabarcas. Hunter Haas singled and stole second. Blake Robertson walked and Colmenarez smacked a single to score Haas and tie the game at 4-4. Adrian Santana followed with a single to score Robertson to give Bowling Green a 5-4 advantage. Aidan Smith poked an infield single to third and an error allowed Colmenarez and Santana to score, pushing the Bootleggers lead to 7-4.
Bowling Green pitched a clean ninth inning and took game three of the series, 7-4.
Bootlegger reliever Drew Dowd (4-4) earned the win, throwing the final 2.0 innings while allowing no runs on two hits with three strikeouts. Cabarcas (0-1) took the loss, allowing four runs on two hits across 1.0 frame.
The Hot Rods host the IronBirds in the fourth game of a six-game set tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. CT. Bowling Green will send out RHP Marcus Johnson (5-7, 4.81) to face Aberdeen RHP Alex Pham (0-0, --).
Fans can catch all the action by watching on MiLB.tv, listening through the MiLB First Pitch App and BGHotRods.com. Fans can also secure their seats for future home Hot Rods games by calling (270) 901-2121, visiting the Bowling Green Ballpark box office during normal business hours, or going to www.bghotrods.com.
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