Manzardo Homers Again in BG 6-2 Win on Friday
June 10, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Bowling Green, Kentucky- Kyle Manzardo's home run and an 11-hit night for the offense helped the Bowling Green Hot Rods (33-21) take down the Hickory Crawdads (32-23) 6-2 on Friday at Bowling Green Ballpark. BG and Hickory resume their series on Saturday at 6:35 PM CT.
Kyle Manzardo homered in the first against Crawdads starter Nick Krauth to start off the scoring, his solo blast made it 1-0 Hot Rods. Beau Brundage led off the third against Krauth with a triple and scored when Ronny Simon singled to give BG a 2-0 lead. The Crawdads got on the board with an RBI single in the fifth to cut the lead to 2-1. BG quickly responded in the home half with a couple more runs of their own.
Dru Baker and Simon exchanged one-out singles, with Baker moving to third on Simon's base hit. Manzardo drove him home on a sacrifice fly to bring the Hot Rods lead back to two runs. Alexander Ovalles singled, and when the ball was misplayed by Luisangel Acuña at second, Simon tried to advance home. Acuña's throw went past the catcher and Osleivis Basabe took advantage of the error, scoring all the way from first to bring the lead to 5-1. Heriberto Hernandez promptly drove Ovalles in on a double in the next at-bat to make it 6-1 through the first five frames. Hickory added a run on an RBI double in the sixth to reduce BG's lead to 6-2, but Joe La Sorsa threw a scoreless 2.1 innings to lock in a Hot Rods win.
Nathan Wiles threw 3.1 scoreless innings in a no-decision, allowing three hits and striking out three. Anthony Molina (6-0) earns the win in 3.1 innings of work, with two runs allowed on six hits, a walk and four strikeouts. La Sorsa finished things off for the Hot Rods, tossing 2.1 scoreless innings with a walk and five strikeouts.
Notes: Driscoll extended his hit-streak to six-straight games with an eighth-inning single... Manzardo's home run tied him with Simon for the team lead at eight... He has seven home runs at Bowling Green Ballpark, which is the most on the team... Molina's sixth win moves him into a tie for the most wins in the SAL... La Sorsa has struck out at least four batters in each of his last four outings... Murray has multiple hits in 10 games this season... He is the fifth Hot Rods hitter with 10 or more multi-hit games... BG extended their division lead to 1.5 games ahead of the Crawdads in first in the South Division... The Hot Rods and Crawdads resume their series on Saturday, with first pitch set for 6:35 PM CT... Hot Rods RH Logan Workman (1-1, 1.90) faces off against Crawdads RH Owen White (5-2, 4.73)... Fans can listen to the game on Talk 104.1 FM and 930 AM WKCT beginning with the Hot Rods Warmup Show at 6:20 PM CT... Fans can also watch live on MiLB.tv, listen via the MiLB First Pitch app on Android and IOS, or go to the Hot Rods website at www.bghotrods.com.
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