Murray Hits Two Homers; BG Wins Wild One 11-10
Asheville, North Carolina– Tanner Murray blasted two homers, including a grand slam, in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (33-25, 74-49) 11-10 victory over the Asheville Tourists (31-27, 55-66) in 10 innings on Friday night. BG and Asheville continue their series on Saturday with a 5:05 PM CT first pitch at
Asheville, North Carolina– Tanner Murray blasted two homers, including a grand slam, in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (33-25, 74-49) 11-10 victory over the Asheville Tourists (31-27, 55-66) in 10 innings on Friday night. BG and Asheville continue their series on Saturday with a 5:05 PM CT first pitch at McCormick Field.
BG got off to a fast start against Asheville starter Christian Mejias. With one out in the first, Johan Lopez, Dillon Paulson, and Heriberto Hernandez walked to bring up Murray. The right-handed hitter rocketed a grand slam over the centerfield wall to give Bowling Green a 4-0 lead. The Hot Rods added two in the second to go up 6-0.
The Tourists narrowed the gap in the third and fourth, scoring five total runs but BG got their lead back to two in the fifth thanks to Murray again. The Hot Rods second baseman hit a solo shot 390 feet to right, extending the Hot Rods lead to 7-5. Two more runs scored in the top of the seventh to give BG a four-run edge, but Asheville scored four in the bottom of the frame to tie the game, 9-9.
The game stayed tied until the 10th inning when BG got to Asheville reliever Kasey Ford. With Luis Leon starting the inning on second base, Mason Auer doubled to left and allowed Leon to score to give Bowling Green a one-run edge. Lopez dropped down a perfect sacrifice bunt to give Auer third, and Paulson hit a sacrifice fly to plate Auer while making it an 11-9 game. The Tourists scored one run in the ninth, but BG got the final three outs to take an 11-10 win, snapping a three-game losing streak.
Anthony Molina allowed five runs on 11 hits over 5.0 innings with three strikeouts in a no-decision. Nomar Rojas allowed three runs on two hits with two walks while earning a hold. Kyle Whitten blew a save after throwing 1.2 innings, allowing one run on two hits with two strikeouts. Matthew Peguero(3-3) earned a win after throwing a scoreless ninth, walking three with a strikeout. Evan Refiert earned a save after allowing an unearned run with a strikeout in the 10th.
Notes: Murray had the second multi-homer game of his career and season… He also hit his second career grand slam… It was his second of the season with BG and the third by a Hot Rods hitter in 2022… It was also BG’s ninth multi-homer game of the year for an individual… He’s the fourth BG player with more than one multi-homer game… The 11 hits against Molina is a new career-high… Auer has seven hits over his last two games… He locked in his 15th multi-hit game of the year with Bowling Green… It was his fourth three-hit effort… Lopez had multiple hits for the seventh time this season… Murray has 16 multi-hit games in 2022… Soria had two hits for the seventh time this year and it was his 10th multi-hit game… Murray had five RBIs, which ties his career-high… Bowling Green is 53-20 when scoring first… They’re 5-4 in extra-inning games… The two teams continue their series on Saturday night with a 5:05 PM CT first pitch… RH Nathan Wiles (1-1, 4.52) will start for Bowling Green against Asheville RH Ryan Gusto (3-5, 7.38)… Fans can listen to the game on Talk 104.1 FM and 930 AM WKCT and listen via the MiLB First Pitch app on Android and IOS, or go to the Hot Rods website at www.bghotrods.com... Fans can get their tickets for upcoming Hot Rods home games by calling 270-901-2121, visiting the Bowling Green Ballpark box office, or visiting www.bghotrods.com.
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