Bowling Green Hot Rods infielder Gionti Turner (13) sprints to first after making contact with the ball Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 at Bowling Green Ballpark. The Hot Rods lose to Rome 4-3. (Photo by Joe Imel/Daily News)

Gionti Turner brought in two runs with a triple in the bottom of the ninth inning, completing a 4-3 comeback victory for the Bowling Green Hot Rods over the Hickory Crawdads on Friday at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina.

Bowling Green (68-47 overall, 32-17 second half) scored first in the top of the fourth against Hickory starter Izack Tiger. Brock Jones and Tatem Levins worked back-to-back walks to put runners on first and second. Hunter Haas tripled to right, scoring Jones and Levins to make it 2-0.

The Crawdads (55-63, 27-25) responded in the bottom of the sixth with Hot Rods reliever Roel Garcia on the mound. Yosy Galan tripled and scored on a base hit from Marcus Smith, cutting the deficit, 2-1.

In the bottom of the eighth, Hickory took a 3-2 lead off Bowling Green reliever Drew Sommers. Smith and Theo Hardy worked back-to-back walks to put runners on first and second. Sebastian Walcott singled, moving Hardy to second and scoring Smith to tie the game, 2-2. Malcolm Moore brought home Hardy on a base hit to take the lead.

The Hot Rods answered back in the top of the ninth against Crawdads reliever Ryan Lobus. Ryan Spikes and Haas smacked back-to-back singles to put runners on first and third. Both runners were plated on a triple from Turner to make it 4-3.

Bowling Green reliever Jake Christianson tossed a scoreless ninth, finalizing the game, 4-3. 

Sommers (5-3) earned the win, allowing two runs on three hits, two walks and two strikeouts over two innings. Lobus (4-5) took the loss, allowing two runs on five hits, a walk and 10 strikeouts over five frames. Christianson notched the save, his second of the season. 

The Hot Rods and the Crawdads play the penultimate of a six-game series on Saturday with first pitch set for 6 p.m. CT. Bowling Green starts right-hander Jackson Baumeister (1-3, 2.98), while Hickory rolls out righty D.J. McCarty (2-6, 4.14).