Ovalles Homers in 4-2 Win on Sunday

Winston-Salem, North Carolina– Alexander Ovalles had two hits and two RBIs, including a late homer, in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (25-16, 66-40) 4-2 win over the Winston-Salem Dash (19-23, 52-56) on Sunday afternoon. Monday serves as a league-wide off day before the Hot Rods start a six-game series at Bowling Green Ballpark against Marcelo Mayer and the Greenville Drive on Tuesday with a 6:35 PM CT first pitch.

The Hot Rods broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning against Dash reliever Luis Moncada. Tyler Frank tripled and, with one out, scored on Ovalles’ three-bagger to right. With a 1-0 lead, Matthew Dyer grounded out to third but Ovalles scored to extend the BG advantage to 2-0.

The Hot Rods added another run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly to make it a 3-0 game and Ovalles homered in the eighth to extend the lead to 4-0. Winston-Salem scored two runs in the eighth, but the Hot Rods held on for a 4-2 win, ending a three-game skid.

Ben Brecht (2-1) threw 5.0 scoreless innings while allowing five hits with six strikeouts in a win. Victor Muñoz threw 2.0 frames without allowing a run, walking one with a hit and two strikeouts in a hold. Graeme Stinson allowed two runs on one hit with a walk, two hit batters, and a strikeout over 1.0 inning. Kyle Whitten earned a save in the ninth, getting the Dash in order with a strikeout.

Notes: Soria has a seven-game hit streak… Ovalles has been on base in 10-straight games… Ovalles has 16 multi-hit games… He had his 10th multi-RBI game of the year on Sunday… Soria had his seventh multi-hit game of the season… Turner has four multi-hit games… BG is 11-3-5 after earning the series split on Sunday… Hot Rods starters are 17-17 this season… Brecht has gone 5.0 innings (a season-high) in three times since joining BG… He’s struck out six in three of his last four outings… The Hot Rods have an off day on Monday… They start a six-game series against the Greenville Drive (High-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox) starting on Tuesday at 6:35 PM CT at Bowling Green Ballpark… It’s the first series of a 12-game homestand… All Hot Rods home games are available to watch via 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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