SAL Bowling Green Hot Rods

Hot Rods Capture Second-Straight Win in Wild Affair

August 19, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release


Bowling Green, Kentucky- Late home runs by Nate Soria and Luis Leon helped boost the Bowling Green Hot Rods (27-18, 68-42) in holding off the Greenville Drive (15-29, 41-69) in a 12-10 win in front of a sellout crowd at Bowling Green Ballpark on Friday. The Hot Rods and Drive will continue their six-game series on Saturday with a 6:35 PM CT first pitch.

Mason Auer led off the game with a double and scored on Alexander Ovalles' RBI double to give BG a 1-0 lead in the first. Soria led off the second inning with a double and came around to score on a single by Tyler Frank. Frank stole second base, advanced to third when Auer was hit by Greenville's starter Wikelman Gonzalez and scored on a wild pitch to extend BG's lead to 3-0.

Greenville took the lead in the sixth after scoring five runs in the top half of the frame. BG responded with a two-run home run by Soria off of Joey Stock to tie the game at five in the home half. Maceo Campbell proceeded to walk the bases loaded and Ovalles tied the game with a two-out walk. Abiezel Ramirez walked to push home the go-ahead run in the very next at-bat and the Hot Rods took a 6-5 lead. Matthew Dyer added two more on a single to make it 9-5 and a wild pitch by Campbell plated Ramirez to make it 10-5.

BG and Greenville kept trading runs, with Leon responding to a Greenville solo homer in the seventh with a solo home run of his own. Johan Lopez added a run on a fielder's choice to make it 12-6. Greenville added two more runs in the eighth and another two in the ninth to cut BG's lead to 12-10. The Drive loaded the bases with two outs but Nomar Rojas struck out Nick Decker on three pitches to seal the win.

Logan Workman tossed 5.0 shutout innings, allowing three hits, one walk, and striking out two in a no-decision. Neraldo Catalina allowed five runs one hit with three walks in 0.1 innings. Kyle Whitten (3-2) earned the win in 1.2 innings of work, allowing one run on two hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Graeme Stinson allowed four runs on four hits with a walk and a strikeout in 1.1 innings. Rojas earned his third save of the year in 0.2 innings with a walk and a strikeout.

Notes: Ovalles became the fourth Hot Rods batter to drive in 50 runs on the season... He has driven in a run in six consecutive games... Soria extended his hit-streak to nine-straight games... It is the longest active streak in the SAL... Auer led off the game with an extra-base hit and scored for the third-straight game... The five walks in the sixth inning were the most in a single frame issued by BG's staff this season... BG's six walks drawn in the sixth were the most in a single inning... Soria's homer was his first since April and first at home this season... Bowling Green and Greenville will continue their series on Saturday at Bowling Green Ballpark, with first pitch set for 6:35 PM CT... LH Ben Brecht (2-1, 2.08) will start for the Hot Rods against Drive RH Tyler Uberstine (1-1, 2.45)... 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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