Gionti Turner brought in two runs with a triple in the bottom of the ninth inning, completing a 4-3 comeback victory for the Bowling Green Hot Rods over the Hickory Crawdads on Friday at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina.

Bowling Green (68-47 overall, 32-17 second half) scored first in the top of the fourth against Hickory starter Izack Tiger. Brock Jones and Tatem Levins worked back-to-back walks to put runners on first and second. Hunter Haas tripled to right, scoring Jones and Levins to make it 2-0.

The Crawdads (55-63, 27-25) responded in the bottom of the sixth with Hot Rods reliever Roel Garcia on the mound. Yosy Galan tripled and scored on a base hit from Marcus Smith, cutting the deficit, 2-1.

In the bottom of the eighth, Hickory took a 3-2 lead off Bowling Green reliever Drew Sommers. Smith and Theo Hardy worked back-to-back walks to put runners on first and second. Sebastian Walcott singled, moving Hardy to second and scoring Smith to tie the game, 2-2. Malcolm Moore brought home Hardy on a base hit to take the lead.

The Hot Rods answered back in the top of the ninth against Crawdads reliever Ryan Lobus. Ryan Spikes and Haas smacked back-to-back singles to put runners on first and third. Both runners were plated on a triple from Turner to make it 4-3.

Bowling Green reliever Jake Christianson tossed a scoreless ninth, finalizing the game, 4-3. 

Sommers (5-3) earned the win, allowing two runs on three hits, two walks and two strikeouts over two innings. Lobus (4-5) took the loss, allowing two runs on five hits, a walk and 10 strikeouts over five frames. Christianson notched the save, his second of the season. 

The Hot Rods and the Crawdads play the penultimate of a six-game series on Saturday with first pitch set for 6 p.m. CT. Bowling Green starts right-hander Jackson Baumeister (1-3, 2.98), while Hickory rolls out righty D.J. McCarty (2-6, 4.14).