Manzardo Homers as Hot Rods Fall to Crawdads on Wednesday
June 8, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Kyle Manzardo had a homer and three RBIs for the Bowling Green Hot Rods (32-20) in a 6-4 loss to the Hickory Crawdads (31-22) on Wednesday at Bowling Green Ballpark. BG and Hickory resume their series on Thursday at 6:35 PM CT.
Hickory put three runs across in the second inning to jump out to an early lead, but the Hot Rods got on the board in the third. Osleivis Basabe walked on four pitches, and Manzardo laced a double off the right-centerfield wall for BG's first hit and first run of the game to cut Hickory's lead to 3-1. A solo homer in the fifth and a double in the sixth increased Hickory's lead to 5-1 until BG chipped away again in the sixth.
Manzardo started off the frame with a bang, smacking a home run to make the score 5-2. Tanner Murray and Heriberto Hernandez walked, and Logan Driscoll sent the first pitch he saw off the wall in centerfield, plating Murray and moving Hernandez to third on a double that reduced Hickory's lead to 5-3. Cody Freeman hit a solo shot in the eighth made it 6-3 Crawdads.
Bowling Green made it interesting in the ninth, loading the bases on two walks and a hit-by-pitch. Manzardo drove in a run on a fielder's choice to make it 6-4, but that is where the score would stay as the Hot Rods fell to Hickory 6-4.
Patrick Wicklander (0-3) took the loss in 5.0 innings of work, allowing four runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Kyle Whitten pitched 2.0 innings in his Hot Rods debut, allowing one run on two hits with four strikeouts. Nomar Rojas pitched the final 2.0 innings for BG, he allowed one run on one hit and struck out two.
Notes: Manzardo and Simon are tied with the most home runs at Bowling Green Ballpark in 2022 with six... Manzardo is tied for second on the team with Hernandez with seven home runs this season... Manzardo has hit homers on consecutive days for the first time in his career... Driscoll threw out both potential base stealers from behind the plate... He also picked off a runner at second base, the first by a BG catcher this season... Wednesday's loss snapped a four-game win streak for the Hot Rods and a five-game streak against the Crawdads... Bowling Green and Hickory resume their series on Thursday with first pitch set for 6:35 PM CT... Bootleggers LH Mason Montgomery (2-2, 1.67) faces off against Crawdads RH Ben Anderson (4-3, 3.75)... Fans can listen to the game on Talk 104.1 FM and 930 AM WKCT beginning with Hot Rods Gameday at 6:05 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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