The Bowling Green Hot Rods downed the Winston-Salem Dash 8-2 in five innings due to inclement weather on Sunday night at Truist Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Bowling Green (24-21) struck quickly in the top of the first inning. Brayden Taylor led off the game with a double and scored on an error while stealing third, giving the visitors a 1-0 advantage. One more run came home to score in the first on a sacrifice fly by Colton Ledbetter and the Hot Rods led, 2-0.

Winston-Salem (22-23) went down quietly in the first, and in the second with two outs, Dash starter, Riley Gowens, walked a man with two outs. With the inning continuing, Taylor tagged Gowens with a two-run homer, doubling the advantage to four.

In the third inning, a two-out walk again hurt Gowens as Tatem Levins tallied a two-run home run, giving the Hot Rods a 6-0 lead through two-and-a-half innings.

The Dash started to chip away in the fourth at the six-run deficit. Shawn Goosenberg launched his seventh homer of the season to left-center, and Wes Kath later drove home a run cutting the Bowling Green lead to four, 6-2.

In the top of the fifth, Bowling Green got the two runs right back on a Levins RBI single followed by an RBI double by Ricardo Genoves.

After completing five innings of play, the skies opened up, sending the game into a delay. With five innings being completed, the game was called after five with Bowling Green taking the victory, 8-2.

Hot Rods starting pitcher Roel Garcia III pitched five innings for the win, allowing two earned runs. Jeff Hakanson finished up with a scoreless inning of relief.

The Hot Rods are back in action Tuesday at home against the Wilmington Blue Rocks. Game time is 6:35 p.m. at Bowling Green Ballpark.