Hot Rods break stolen base record in 2-0 win over Drive
Published 9:45 pm Wednesday, August 28, 2024

- Hot Rods left fielder Brock Jones (7) slides safely past Hudson Valley short stop Jared Serna (3) into second base in the Hot Rods’ season opener 6-1 win against the Renegades at the Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Ky., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Grace Ramey/grace.ramey@bgdailynews.com)
Brock Jones swiped the Bowling Green Hot Rods’ 250th stolen base of the year in the seventh inning, breaking the team’s franchise record for steals and leading them to a 2-0 win over the Greenville Drive on Wednesday at Bowling Green Ballpark.
The Hot Rods (71-48 overall, 35-18 second half) began the scoring in the bottom of the first against Drive starter Blake Wehunt. Gregory Barrios singled, moved to second on a wild pitch and stole third to put a runner in scoring position. A sacrifice fly from Cooper Kinney plated Barrios and made it a 1-0 ballgame.
In the bottom of the seventh, Bowling Green plated a run against Greenville reliever Max Carlson. Jones walked, moved to second on a wild pitch and stole third. Hunter Haas hit into a fielder’s choice, allowing Jones to score and put the Hot Rods up 2-0.
Bowling Green reliever Drew Sommers closed it down in the ninth, lifting the Hot Rods to a 2-0 win.
Ty Johnson (2-1) earned the win, allowing a hit and striking out 11 over six shutout innings. Wehunt (1-5) took the loss for Greenville (59-63, 33-23), allowing a run on a hit, two walks and seven strikeouts over five frames. Sommers earned the save, striking out two in a perfect ninth.
Bowling Green and Greenville play game three of a six-game series on Thursday with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. Right-hander Chandler Murphy (3-1, 2.28) starts for the Hot Rods, while righty Tyler Uberstine (0-0, 0.00) takes the ball for the Drive.