For the second game in a row, Mac Horvath smacked a home run, helping the Bowling Green Hot Rods beat the Greenville Drive 9-4 on Tuesday at Bowling Green Ballpark.

After Greenville (59-62 overall, 33-22 second half) scored a run against Bowling Green starter Brody Hopkins in the top of the first inning, the Hot Rods answered back in the bottom of the first off Drive starter Jedixson Paez. Homer Bush Jr. singled, stole second, and moved to third on a throwing error by catcher Ronald Rosario. Colton Lebetter plated Bush on a sacrifice fly to tie the game 1-1.

The Drive scored two more runs in the top of the third off Hopkins, while the Hot Rods (70-48, 34-18) responded in the bottom half of the inning. Gregory Barrios and Bush smacked back-to-back singles and came around to score on a three-run homer by Horvath.

Greenville’s Miguel Bleis launched a home run to left in the top of the fourth against Bowling Green reliever T.J. Fondtain, tying the game at 4-all.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Hot Rods opened it up against Drive reliever Noah Dean. Noah Myers, Brock Jones and Tatem Levins all walked to load the bases. Kamren James worked a walk and Hunter Haas singled to bring in a combined two runs. Bowling Green plated three more runs in the inning, highlighted with a triple by Ledbetter to increase the lead to 9-4.

Jake Christianson (4-1) earned the win, allowing two hits and striking out one batter over two scoreless innings. Dean (0-1) took the loss, allowing five runs on a hit and five walks without recording an out.

The Hot Rods and Drive play game two of a six-game series on Wednesday with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. Bowling Green starts right-hander Ty Johnson (1-4, 2.63), while Greenville starts righty Blake Wehunt (1-4, 4.59).