Hot Rods Shut Out Grasshoppers for Third-Straight Win

Bowling Green, Kentucky– Patrick Wicklander pitched a perfect 5.1 innings of relief as the Bowling Green Hot Rods (22-12, 63-36) tossed a two-hit shutout against the Greensboro Grasshoppers (16-18, 43-56) in a 6-0 win at Bowling Green Ballpark on Saturday. The Hot Rods and Grasshoppers will finish their six-game series on Sunday with a 1:05 PM CT first pitch.

Alika Williams started things off with a bang, leading off the game with a solo home run. Mason Auer and Kyle Manzardo traded doubles, with Auer scoring the second run of the game to give BG a 2-0 lead after the first. Bowling Green began a two-out rally after Auer was hit by a pitch in the fifth. Manzardo drove him in with an RBI single and was driven in by Matthew Dyer, who hit a two-run home run to increase the Hot Rods’ lead to 5-0. Bowling Green loaded the bases in the eighth and got one more run on an RBI groundout from Johan Lopez. The Hot Rods completed their shutout in the ninth and secured a 6-0 victory over Greensboro.

Austin Vernon went 1.2 innings with two walks and two strikeouts in a no-decision. Wicklander (3-4) tossed 5.1 shutout innings with one strikeout and didn’t allow a baserunner in the victory. Kyle Whitten threw the final 2.0 innings for the Hot Rods, allowing two hits and striking out one.

Notes: Williams is the fifth Hot Rods hitter to reach double-digit home runs in 2022… Dyer has hit all three of his home runs within the last week-and-a-half… Manzardo recorded multiple RBIs for the 15th time this season… Every hitter in the Hot Rods lineup reached base at least once… The Hot Rods held Greensboro third basemen Dariel Lopez hitless for the first time in 18 games, breaking up the longest hit-streak in the SAL this season… BG’s staff took a no-hitter into the eighth-inning… The Hot Rods’ pitchers have recorded eight shutouts this season… Berglund has thrown out one-third (six-of-eighteen) of potential base-stealers this season… Bowling Green and Greensboro will finish their series on Sunday at Bowling Green Ballpark, with first pitch set for 1:05 PM CT… RH Logan Workman (4-3, 4.09) will start for the Hot Rods against Grasshoppers RH Sean Sullivan (2-4, 5.05)… 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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