Bowling Green Hot Rods pitcher Yoniel Curet (32) pitches to Winston-Salem Dash first baseman Shawn Goosenberg (8) in the Hot Rods’ 8-3 win over the Dash at the BG Ballpark on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Grace Ramey/grace.ramey@bgdailynews.com)

Yoniel Curet picked up four strikeouts over four shutout innings, but the Bowling Green Hot Rods (1-2) logged just two hits in a 3-0 loss to the Hudson Valley Renegades (2-1) on Sunday at Bowling Green Ballpark.

Hudson Valley (2-1) broke a scoreless game in the top of the sixth against Bowling Green reliever Jake Christianson. Jesus Rodriguez and Josh Moylan tagged back-to-back singles to put runners on first and second. Garrett Martin doubled, moving Moylan to third and scoring Rodriguez from to make it 1-0. Alexander Vargas drove in Moylan on an RBI sacrifice fly, extending the lead, 2-0. Jared Serna homered off Christianson in the seventh to put Hudson Valley up 3-0.

The Hot Rods (1-2) went scoreless the rest of the way, falling to the Renegades, 3-0.

Curet struck out four, walked three and allowed a hit over four scoreless frames. Christianson (0-1) took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits, three walks and three strikeouts over 2 2/3 innings. T.J. Fondtain tossed a scoreless 1 1/3 innings, allowing a hit and striking out two. Jack Hartman pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out two and allowing a hit.

Bowling Green has an off day on Monday before traveling to Fluor Field to take on the Greenville Drive for a six-game series. First pitch is set for Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. CT in Greenville, South Carolina.{&end}