Frank’s Three RBIs Carry BG in Comeback Win 

Winston-Salem, North Carolina– Mason Auer homered and Tyler Frank had three RBIs in his Bowling Green Hot Rods (23-13, 64-37) debut in a 9-6 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash (16-21, 49-54) on Tuesday night. The Hot Rods and Dash continue their six-game series on Wednesday with a 6:00 PM CT first pitch at Truist Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The Dash took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but the newest Hot Rods hitter tied the game in the top of the fifth against Winston-Salem starter Chase Solesky. With two outs, Johan Lopez reached on an infield single, and Frank doubled off the wall to deep right-center field. Lopez scored to make it a 1-1 game.

Winston-Salem piled on to chase BG starter Ben Brecht from the game in the fifth. Four runs scored on two hits, two walks, and an error (all with two outs) to give the Dash a 5-1 lead. Adam Hackenberg homered for the Dash in the bottom of the sixth, extending their lead to 6-1 and seemingly putting the game out of reach.

The Hot Rods roared back in the top of the eighth, chewing through Dash relievers. An inning that contained four walks, a hit batsman, four hits, and a sacrifice fly yielded seven runs, giving BG an 8-6 edge. Auer added a homer in the ninth to help the Hot Rods lock in a 9-6, series-opening win.

Brecht allowed five runs (one earned) on seven hits with two walks and six strikeouts in a no-decision. Evan Reifert (4-0) held the Dash to one run on two hits over 2.1 innings with a walk in a win. Kyle Whitten threw 2.0 scoreless innings, holding Winston-Salem to one hit with two strikeouts in a save.

Notes: Frank had his first hit with Bowling Green in his second at-bat of the night… He had his first multi-hit game as a Hot Rods hitter… Auer had his ninth multi-hit game of the season with BG… He also had his fourth multi-RBI game… Dyer had his fourth multi-RBI game of the year… Leon had his fifth multi-hit game of the season with BG… Hackenberg’s homer in the sixth put an end to a 347-day stretch where Reifert hadn’t allowed a home run… Tuesday’s seven-run eighth inning was the second-largest scoring effort in any inning this season… The four errors committed by the BG defense are the most in any game this season… BG is 18-23 when the opposition scores first… They’re 13-6 in the first game of a series this season… The Hot Rods and Dash continue their series on Wednesday with a 6:00 PM CT first pitch… Bowling Green will send RH Anthony Molina (11-1, 3.38) to the mound against Winston-Salem LH Garrett Schoenie (0-4, 4.86)… 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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