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Williams Homers, Has Three RBI in 7-3 Loss on Wednesday

May 18, 2022

Greensboro, North Carolina– Alika Williams had two hits, including a homer, with three RBI in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (21-13) 7-3 loss to the Greensboro Grasshoppers (15-19) on Wednesday night. The Hot Rods and Grasshoppers will play the third game of a six-game set on Thursday with a 5:30

Greensboro, North Carolina– Alika Williams had two hits, including a homer, with three RBI in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (21-13) 7-3 loss to the Greensboro Grasshoppers (15-19) on Wednesday night. The Hot Rods and Grasshoppers will play the third game of a six-game set on Thursday with a 5:30 PM CT first pitch at First National Bank Field in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Bowling Green jumped out to a first-inning lead against Greensboro starter Nick Garcia. Pedro Martinez led off the game with a walk and stole second base. Alika Williams singled to shallow left, scoring Martinez to give the Hot Rods a 1-0 lead. The Grasshoppers evened the score in the bottom of the first and Matt Gorski homered in the third to give Greensboro a 2-1 lead.

The Hot Rods took the lead back in the fifth, chasing Garcia from the game. With two outs Martinez singled to shallow center field and stole second for the third time in the game. Williams floated his second homer of the season over the left-field wall, giving the Hot Rods a 3-2 edge and ending Garcia’s night on the mound.

Gorski struck again in the fifth against BG reliever Franklin Dacosta. With two on and two outs, the Grasshoppers’ centerfielder hit his second homer of the game, a three-run shot to left-center, giving Greensboro a 5-3 lead. Abrahan Gutierrez added a two-run shot of his own in the eighth en route to a 7-3 final.

Nathan Wiles allowed two runs on two hits with two walks and three strikeouts over 3.0 innings. Dacosta (0-2) allowed five runs on five hits with a walk and seven strikeouts over his 5.0 innings of work in his second loss of the season.

Notes: Wiles has thrown 3.0 innings in all four of his outings for Bowling Green… Martinez had three stolen bases, which ties a career-high… Dacosta was one strikeout shy of his career-high… Williams had his fifth multi-hit game of the year… It was also his third multi-RBI game of 2022… Two of those games are three RBI games… Bowling Green is 2-4 on Wednesdays this season… It’s the only day of the week they have a losing record… They’re 2-2 away from Bowling Green Ballpark on Wednesdays… With Rome’s win on Wednesday, the Hot Rods lead in the SAL South Division is 1.5 games… The Hot Rods and Grasshoppers continue their series on Thursday with a 5:30 PM CT first pitch… BG will send RH Logan Workman (0-0, 1.80) to the mound against Greensboro RH Sean Sullivan (0-1, 3.63)… Fans can listen to the game on Talk 104.1 FM and 930 AM WKCT beginning with the Hot Rods Pregame Show at 5:20 PM CT… Fans can also listen in via the MiLB First Pitch app on Android and IOS, or go to the Hot Rods website at www.bghotrods.com.

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