Owen Wild tossed a career-high seven innings and struck out nine batters as the Bowling Green Hot Rods fell to the Hickory Crawdads 4-3 in extra innings on Friday at Bowling Green Ballpark. 

The Hot Rods (47-37 overall, 11-7 second half) scored in the bottom of the third against Crawdads starter Ryan Lobus. Ricardo Genoves doubled, while Gregory Barrios and Brayden Taylor were hit by a pitch to load the bases. Cooper Kinney smacked a single, scoring two runs and giving Bowling Green a 2-0 lead. 

Hickory (38-47, 10-9) responded in the top of the sixth facing Bowling Green starter Owen Wild. Marcus Smith doubled and scored on an Ian Moller base hit, cutting into the lead, 2-1.

The Crawdads added a run in the top of the eighth against Hot Rods reliever Johnny Cuevas. Ben Blackwell and Marcus Soto hit back-to-back singles, while Smith walked to load the bases. Moller grounded into a double play, scoring Blackwell from third, tying the game at 2-2.

Neither side could break the tie in the ninth, resulting in extra innings. 

In the top of the 10th, Hickory scored a pair of runs against Bowling Green reliever Jackson Lancaster. Quincy Scott started at second as the extra-inning runner and Blackwell walked, putting runners at first and second. Soto reached on a fielding error by shortstop Gregory Barrios, scoring Scott from second, giving the Crawdads a 3-2 lead. Blackwell scored from second on a base hit by Moller to extend the lead to 4-2.

Bowling Green scored a run on a sacrifice fly by Tatem Levins in the bottom of the 10th, but Crawdads reliever Michael Brewer kept the Hot Rods scoreless the rest of the way to preserve Hickory’s 4-3 win.

Adrian Rodriguez (3-1) earned the victory after 1 2/3 hitless innings of work, walking one and striking out four. Lancaster (1-3) received the loss after two innings, allowing two runs (unearned) on one hit and one walk while striking out five. Brewer earned the save after an inning, allowing one run (unearned) on zero hits and one strikeout.

Bowling Green and Hickory play the penultimate of a six-game series Saturday at Bowling Green Ballpark with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m. The Hot Rods send out right-hander Roel Garcia lll (6-4, 4.44), while Hickory starts righty Alejandro Rosario (0-1, 5.00).