Hot Rods left fielder Brock Jones (7) rounds third in the Hot Rods’ season opener 6-1 win against the Hudson Valley Renegades at the Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Ky., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Grace Ramey/grace.ramey@bgdailynews.com)

Brock Jones secured a three-hit game, including an inside-the-park-home run that helped the Bowling Green Hot Rods collect a 13-4 win over the Winston-Salem Dash in a rain-shortened game on Thursday at Bowling Green Ballpark.

The Hot Rods (8-4) scored the first runs of the game in the bottom of the third inning off Dash starter Peyton Pallette. Jhon Diaz and Ryan Spikes notched back-to-back singles to put runners on first and second. Xavier Isaac doubled to left, scoring Diaz and Spikes to put Bowling Green up 2-0. Isaac scored on a single by Jones, extending the lead, 3-0.

Bowling Green scored two more runs on a pair of wild pitches to make it 5-0 in the bottom of the fourth against Winston-Salem reliever Jonah Scolaro. The Hot Rods followed it up with four more runs in the bottom of the fifth, highlighted by an RBI double from Jones and RBI singles from Diaz and Chandler Simpson.

In the bottom of the sixth, Jones raced for an inside-the-park-homer and Diaz drove in a run off Dash reliever Everhett Hazelwood, putting the Hot Rods up 11-0.

After the Dash (3-9) plated a run in the top of the seventh against Hot Rods reliever Sandy Gaston, Bowling Green scored its 12th and 13th runs of the game on an RBI groundout from Isaac and sacrifice fly by Angel Galarraga.

Winston-Salem scored one in the eighth and two in the ninth before rain caused tarp to be rolled out. After a 33-minute delay the game was officially called, ending in a 13-4 win for the Hot Rods.

Alex Cook (1-1) earned the win, striking out six batters, walking one and allowing just one hit over five shutout innings. Aneudy Cortorreal punched out two on strikes and walked one over a scoreless frame. Sandy Gaston allowed a run on three walks and a strikeout over one inning. Jack Hartman gave up four hits, three walks and struck out one while allowing three runs over 1 2/3 innings.