Bowling Green Hot Rods pitcher Gary Gill Hill (17) pitches to Greensboro Grasshoppers third baseman Keiner Delgado (41) in the Hot Rods’ 2-0 loss to the Grasshoppers at the Bowling Green Ballpark on Thursday, April 24, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS

Starting pitcher Gary Gill Hill went seven innings while Blake Robertson clobbered his fourth home run of the year, leading the Bowling Green Hot Rods to a 4-3 win over the Asheville Tourists in South Atlantic League action Wednesday at McCormick Field in Asheville, North Carolina.

The Tourists (32-38 overall, 3-2 second half) plated the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning against Gill Hill. Joseph Sullivan led off with a double and scored on a single from Lucas Spence, giving the Tourists a 1-0 lead.

Drew Vogel added onto the Tourists’ advantage in the bottom of the second, blasting a solo homer to left, making it a 2-0 game.

Bowling Green (38-31, 4-1) broke onto the scoreboard in the top of the third inning against Asheville starter Yeriel Santos. Robertson led off the inning with a solo homer to right, cutting into the Asheville lead, 2-1.

The Hot Rods took the lead for the first time after driving in three runs in the top of the fifth with Santos still on the mound. Adrian Santana walked and Emilien Pitre singled. Mac Horvath roped a base hit to left, scoring Santana, tying the game at 2-2. Noah Myers walked to load the bases, and Ryan Spikes drove in Pitre and Horvath with a base hit, giving the Hot Rods the lead, 4-2.

Asheville plated the last run of the night in the eighth inning against Bowling Green reliever Alexander Alberto. With two outs, Lucas Spence worked a walk and Will Bush pushed him home with a double, making it a 4-3 score.

Adam Boucher entered for the ninth, tossing a perfect inning, closing out a 4-3 win for Bowling Green.

Gill Hill (3-5) picked up the win, hurling seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out seven batters. Santos (0-7) was given the loss, surrendering four runs on six hits over five frames, walking four and striking out four. Boucher earned his third save, pitching a perfect inning with one strikeout.

The Hot Rods and Tourists play the third game of a six-game series on Thursday with a 5:35 p.m. CT first pitch at McCormick Field. Bowling Green will send out right-hander Hayden Snelsire (3-2, 2.85) against Asheville righty Andrew Taylor (1-0, 2.35).