Williams' Three-Hit Day Isn't Enough in Hot Rods' Loss
August 20, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Bowling Green Hot Rods News Release
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Alika Williams had three hits and two RBIs for the Bowling Green Hot Rods (27-19, 68-43), but the Greenville Drive (16-29, 42-69) took control early and cruised to a 10-3 win at Bowling Green Ballpark on Saturday. The Hot Rods and Drive will finish their six-game series on Sunday with a 1:05 PM CT first pitch.
Greenville hit back-to-back homers in the first to open up the scoring, 2-0. A two-run homer from Matthew Lugo made it 4-0 Greenville in the third before the Hot Rods got on the board. Johan Lopez led off the home half with a single and advanced to second when Michael Berglund was hit by a pitch. He moved to third on a double play before the two-out rally began. Mason Auer walked to bring up Williams, who drove in Bowling Green's first run of the day on a single off Casey Cobb to put the Hot Rods on the board. Alexander Ovalles drove in Auer in the next at-bat to cut Greenville's lead to 4-2.
The Drive responded four runs in the fourth to make it 8-2, and added another on two extra-base hits in the sixth to extend their lead to 9-2. One more run in the ninth made it 10-2 Drive. Williams drove in his second run of the game to cut the deficit to 10-3 in the ninth, but Bowling Green ultimately fell 10-3 to Greenville.
Ben Brecht (2-2) took the loss in 3.2 innings, allowing six runs on nine hits with four strikeouts. Cameron Leonard pitched 3.1 frames with three runs on six hits, a walk and three strikeouts. Conor Dryer pitched the final 2.0 innings, allowing one run on three hits with three strikeouts.
Notes: Ovalles extended his hit streak to seven games... He has also driven in a run in seven-straight games... Soria extended his hit-streak to 10 games, the longest active streak in the SAL... He became the third Hot Rods hitter with a hit-streak of 10 or more games in 2022... Hernandez has reached base in 19-straight games... Williams recorded his fifth three-hit game of the year... He drove in multiple runs for the 15th time... Tyler McDonough hit for the cycle in his first four at-bats for Greenville... Bowling Green and Greenville will finish their series on Sunday at Bowling Green Ballpark, with first pitch set for 1:05 PM CT... RH Anthony Molina (12-1, 2.99) will start for the Hot Rods against Drive RH Chih-Jung Liu (1-11, 6.53)... 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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