Two Bootlegger Blasts Secure a Fourth-Straight Win
July 8, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Bowling Green, Kentucky- Kyle Manzardo and Heriberto Hernandez each clubbed two-run homers as the Bowling Green Bootleggers (48-28) won their fourth straight with a 4-3 victory over the Hickory Crawdads (43-35) on Thursday. Bowling Green looks to clinch a series victory against Hickory on Friday at 6:35 PM CT at Bowling Green Ballpark.
The Bootleggers got out to an early lead in the first when Ronny Simon sent the first pitch of the night from Hickory's starter Robby Ahlstrom into right-center for a leadoff single. He moved to third on an errant pickoff attempt before Manzardo opened up the scoring with a two-run blast. Miguel Aparicio cut the lead in half with a solo shot in the second to make it 2-1 but BG fought back in the fourth with a two-out, two-run homer from Hernandez that increased the lead to 4-1.
Hickory loaded the bases in the seventh and plated two runs on a sacrifice fly and a fielder's choice to cut the Bootleggers' lead to 4-3. Cameron Leonard locked down the win with a 1-2-3 ninth, closing out the 4-3 victory.
Ben Brecht allowed one run in 4.0 innings of work on three hits with four strikeouts in a no-decision. Evan Reifert (1-0) earned his first win in Bowling Green, striking out all three batters he faced in his 1.0 inning. Nomar Rojas tossed 1.0 scoreless inning as well, allowing one hit with one strikeout. Conor Dryer threw 2.0 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts. Leonard earned his third save of the season with two strikeouts in the ninth.
Notes: Manzardo extended his team-best on-base streak to 26-straight games... The streak is the second-longest active on-base streak and the fifth-longest overall in the SAL... Hernandez and Manzardo joined Diego Infante with 10 homers on the season... All three are tied for second on the team behind Simon's 12... Hernandez has now hit three homers against two different teams, the Crawdads and the Rome Braves... Infante extended his hit streak to 11 games... It is the second-longest active streak in the South Atlantic League... Leonard's third save of the year was the first for the Hot Rods since June 25th against the Greenville Drive...Bowling Green earned their third win as the Bootleggers... The game is available to watch on MiLB.tv....
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