Gregory Barrios earned his third four-hit game of the season, leading the Bowling Green Hot Rods to a 5-0 shutout win over the Hickory Crawdads on Saturday at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina. 

Bowling Green (69-47 overall, 33-17 second half) began the scoring in the top of the third inning off Hickory starter D.J. McCarty. Bryan Broecker and Barrios smacked back-to-back singles to put runners on first and second. Broecker came around to score on a double by Mac Horvath, putting the Hot Rods up 1-0.

The Hot Rods scored again against McCarty in the top of the fourth. Hunter Haas and Raudelis Martinez singled to put runners on first and second. Barrios knocked a base hit to right, moving Martinez to third and scoring Haas to make it 2-0. Martinez was plated on a base hit from Homer Bush Jr., extending the lead, 3-0.

In the top of the sixth, Bowling Green increased the lead against Hickory reliever Florencio Serrano. Barrios doubled and moved to third on a single by Bush Jr. A wild pitch from Serrano allowed Barrios to score and make it 4-0. Broecker moved the score to 5-0 on an RBI sacrifice fly off Crawdads reliever D.J. Peters in the top of the seventh.

Bowling Green reliever Jackson Lancaster tossed a scoreless ninth, finalizing the game, 5-0.

Jackson Baumeister (2-3) took the win, allowing two hits, a walk and recording eight strikeouts over six innings. McCarty (2-7) earned the loss for Hickory (55-64, 27-26), allowing three runs on eight hits and a walk with six strikeouts over four innings.

The Hot Rods and the Crawdads play the finale of a six -game series on Sunday with first pitch set for 1 p.m. CT. Bowling Green starts right-hander Owen Wild (6-1, 2.96), while Hickory rolls out righty David Davallilo (2-6, 4.14).