Tre’ Morgan launched his fifth home run of the season, but the Bowling Green Hot Rods’ offense was quiet, dropping the second game of the series to the Asheville Tourists at McCormick Field on Wednesday in Asheville, North Carolina.

The Tourists (44-58 overall, 16-22 second half) brought in the first run of the game against Hot Rods starter Marcus Johnson in the bottom of the first inning. Narbe Cruz and Luis Baez led off with singles to put runners on first and second. Walker Janek drove in Cruz with a base hit, giving the Tourists a 1-0 lead.

Another run came around to score in the bottom of the second for Asheville against Johnson. With one out, Anthony Sherwin singled. Jackson Loftin doubled, scoring Sherwin, boosting Asheville’s lead to 2-0.

Bowling Green (59-43, 23-13) scored in the top of the third inning against Asheville starter Manuel Urias. With two outs, Morgan launched a solo homer to cut into the Tourists’ lead, 2-1.

Oliver Carrillo put the Tourists back on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth with a solo homer off Hot Rods reliever Roel Garcia III. Cruz helped add to the total with an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh, giving Asheville a 4-1 lead. The Hot Rods added a run on an RBI groundout from Homer Bush Jr. in the top of the ninth, but that was all the offense they could muster, losing 4-2 to the Tourists.

Wilmy Sanchez (1-0) earned the win, tossing four innings while allowing one run on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Johnson (0-1) was given the loss, allowing two runs on five hits over three innings of work. Jeremy Molero earned the save, tossing an inning while allowing one unearned run.

The Hot Rods and Tourists play the third game of a six-game series on Thursday at 5:35 p.m. CT at McCormick Field. Bowling Green sends out right-hander Jackson Baumeister (1-3, 2.97) against Asheville righty Derek True (2-3, 6.33).