Isaac and Ledbetter’s Homers Not Enough in Hot Rods 6-3 Loss

Wappingers Falls, New York – Xavier Isaac and Colton Ledbetter each smacked solo home runs, but the Bowling Green Hot Rods (12-9) dropped the series finale to the Hudson Valley Renegades (12-8) 6-3 on Sunday from Heritage Financial Park.

Bowling Green started off strong with a run in the top of the first against Hudson Valley starter Cam Schlittler. Isaac blasted a solo homer to left, putting the Hot Rods up 1-0. In the top of the second, Ledbetter ripped a solo homer to right to extend the lead, 2-0.

The Renegades responded in the bottom of the second off Hot Rods starter Trevor Martin. Jesus Rodriguez led-off with a double and stole third to put a runner in scoring position. Josh Moylan grounded out to second to score Rodriguez and cut the deficit, 2-1. Kyle Battle ripped a homer to left off Martin in the bottom of the third, tying the game, 2-2.

In the bottom of the fourth, Cole Gabrielson singled and moved up to second on a throwing error by third baseman Brayden Taylor. Battle notched a base hit to score Gabrielson and move the score, 3-2. Jared Serna ripped a double to left, plating Battle to make it a 4-2 ballgame.

The Hot Rods earned another run in the top of the seventh off Renegades reliever Hueston Morrill. Isaac led-off with a single and moved up to second on a balk. Cooper Kinney logged a base hit to left, scoring Isaac to make it 4-3.

Hudson Valley extended their lead with two runs in the eighth inning against Bowling Green reliever JJ Goss and closed out the Hot Rods in the ninth to win, 6-3.

Schlittler (3-0) earned the win, letting up two runs on two hits and seven strikeouts over 6.0 innings. Martin (2-1) took the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits, two walks, and one strikeout over 3.2 frames. Joel Valdez (1) locked down the save, letting up a hit in a scoreless ninth.

Bowling Green has a day off on Monday before traveling to ShoreTown Ballpark for a six-game series against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws. First pitch is set for Tuesday at 5:35 PM CT.

Fans can catch all the action by watching on MiLB.tv, listening through the MiLB First Pitch App and BGHotRods.com. Fans can also secure their seats for future home Hot Rods games by calling (270) 901-2121, visiting the Bowling Green Ballpark box office during normal business hours, or going to www.bghotrods.com.

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