BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -Starting pitcher Jacob Kisting posted the longest outing by a Bowling Green Hot Rods (44-17) pitcher this season, twirling 6.2 scoreless innings in a 5-1 victory over the Rome Emperors (32-29) on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Kisting commanded the zone, tying a career-high eight strikeouts with at least one punch out in six of the seven innings he pitched in. The Hot Rods\u2019 starter allowed just three hits in the win.<\/p>\n
Bowling Green grabbed the lead with three runs in the bottom of the second against reliever Mathieu Curtis. Ryan McCoy doubled and moved to third on a Marshall Toole bunt single, teeing up a Juanfel Peguero RBI single into left field for a 1-0 Hot Rods edge. Theo Gillen delivered an RBI single to score Toole, and a Rome throwing error plated Peguero for a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
The Hot Rods tallied two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Gillen singled off Curtis, swiped second, and moved to third on an error. Caden Bodine struck a sacrifice fly to left field, upping the Bowling Green lead to 4-0. Aidan Smith blasted a solo home run out to left field against new Rome reliever Riley Frey for a 5-0 margin.<\/p>\n
Rome got on the board with one run against reliever Andy Rodriguez in the top of the eighth inning. Eric Hartman hit a solo home run to right field, trimming the Bowling Green lead to 5-1.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez shut the game down from there, retiring the last four batters he faced to seal a 5-1 Hot Rods victory and a 3-2 series lead.<\/p>\n
Kisting (4-0) earned the win with 6.2 scoreless frames, allowing just three hits and one walk and added eight strikeouts. Curtis (1-1) took the loss, surrendering four runs on five hits, two walks and one strikeout in 2.1 innings.<\/p>\n
The Hot Rods and Emperors finish their six-game slate Sunday afternoon at 1:05 PM CT. Left-hander Dominic Niman (3-0, 1.35) starts for Bowling Green against Rome\u2019s right-hander Jeremy Reyes (2-6, 5.44).<\/p>\n
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