Kamren James lifted a solo shot to left field that helped the Bowling Green Hot Rods come out on top 7-6 against the Winston-Salem Dash on Tuesday at Bowling Green Ballpark.

The Dash (3-7) scored the first run of the game in the top of the first inning against Hot Rods starter Roel Garcia. Jordan Sprinkle singled and came around to score on a double by Jacob Gonzalez, putting Winston-Salem up 1-0. 

Bowling Green (6-4) answered back in the bottom of the first against Winston-Salem starter Tanner McDougal. Chandler Simpson walked, Brayden Taylor singled and Xavier Isaac walked to load the bases. Colton Ledbetter grounded out to first, scoring Simpson and tying the game, 1-1.

In the top of the second, Winston-Salem’s Shawn Goosenberg and Wes Kath earned back-to-back solo homers to make it a 3-1 ballgame.

The Hot Rods scored again off McDougal in the bottom half of the inning. James walked and Brock Jones singled to put runners on first and third. A fielding error from Dash shortstop Gonzalez allowed James and Jones to score, evening the game, 3-3. Simpson reached second on the error, later stealing third and scoring on an RBI sacrifice fly from Taylor to put the Hot Rods up 4-3.

After Winston-Salem put up three runs in the top of the fourth against Garcia and Bowling Green reliever Nate Dahle, James led off the home half of the inning with a solo home run that cut the deficit to 6-5.

Bowling Green tied it up in the bottom of the seventh against Winston-Salem reliever Garrett Schoenle with a triple from Taylor and an RBI groundout by Isaac, making it a 6-6 game. 

In the bottom of the eighth, Ledbetter doubled with Schoenle still on the mound, moved to third on a ground ball, and scored from a wild pitch that put Bowling Green up 7-6.

Hot Rods reliever JJ Goss tossed a scoreless ninth to lift Bowling Green to a 7-6 victory.

Garcia allowed four runs on five hits with two strikeouts over 3 2/3 innings. Dahle gave up two runs on three hits with two strikeouts over 1 1/3 frames. Jonny Cuevas (2-0) picked up the win, striking out two and allowing one hit over three shutout innings. Goss earned the save, notching two punchouts in a scoreless ninth.

The Hot Rods and Dash play game two of a six-game series on Wednesday with first pitch set for 11:05 a.m. Bowling Green starts right-hander Trevor Martin (1-0, 5.40), while Winston-Salem is throwing lefty Tyler Schweitzer (0-1, 6.00).