Hot Rods Belt Three Homers to Win Second Straight
Published on July 22, 2022 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Bowling Green, Kentucky- Ronny Simon, Mason Auer, and Kyle Manzardo all went yard for the Bowling Green Hot Rods (12-9, 53-33), who led the entire way against the Asheville Tourists (10-11, 36-50) in a 4-2 victory at Bowling Green Ballpark on Friday. The Hot Rods and Tourists will continue their series on Saturday at 6:35 PM CT.
Simon began the game with a bang, smacking a leadoff home run off Christian Mejias in the first to start the scoring. BG began the second inning strong as well, with Heriberto Hernandez leading off the frame with a double. He advanced to third on a groundout by Alexander Ovalles and scored on a single by Logan Driscoll to put the Hot Rods up 2-0. Auer led off the third with Bowling Green's second home run, extending their advantage to 3-0.
Asheville got on the board with a home run in the fourth, but that was quickly erased by Manzardo in the fifth. He hit an 0-1 pitch over the right-field wall to give BG a 4-1 lead. The Tourists led off the seventh with back-to-back hits to add a run, but the back half of Bowling Green's bullpen shut out Asheville in the final two frames to secure a 4-2 victory.
Ben Brecht (1-1) earned his first win of the season, striking out nine in 5.0 innings while allowing four hits and a run. Nomar Rojas and Sean Mullen each pitched scoreless innings and earned holds. Conor Dryer was also awarded a hold, and threw 1.0 inning with two hits and allowed a run. Kyle Whitten pitched a scoreless ninth with a hit allowed for his second save of the year.
Notes: Simon moved into a tie for sixth in the SAL with his 14th home run... Manzardo has hit 11 of his 13 homers at Bowling Green Ballpark... BG has hit 36 home runs without an out in the inning this season... Brecht became the third Hot Rods pitcher (Montgomery, Johnson) to strike nine or more batters out in a game... Hernandez is second in the SAL with 22 doubles... Leon tied his Hot Rods season-high with two hits for the third time... Bowling Green and Asheville will continue their series on Saturday at Bowling Green Ballpark, with first pitch set for 6:35 PM CT... Hot Rods RH Anthony Molina (8-1, 4.12) will get his first start of the year against Tourists RH Spencer Arrighetti (5-4, 5.21)... The game is available to watch on MiLB.tv....
Fans can listen to the game on Talk 104.1 FM and 930 AM WKCT and listen via the MiLB First Pitch app on Android and IOS, or go to the Hot Rods website at www.bghotrods.com... Fans can get their tickets for upcoming Hot Rods home games by calling 270-901-2121, visiting the Bowling Green Ballpark box office, or visiting www.bghotrods.com.
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