ROME, Ga. (Interstat) — Gary Gill Hill pitched six innings of three-hit shutout ball and Angel Mateo homered to power the Bowling Green Hot Rods past the Rome Braves 8-4 on Tuesday at State Mutual Stadium.

Hill (3-0) struck out seven and did not allow an earned run. Noah Beal earned his third save with 1 1/3 hitless innings.

Bowling Green (15-7) scored single runs in the second and fourth, two in the fifth and three in the sixth. Tony Santa Maria drove in two runs on a sacrifice fly and a single, while Mateo’s three-run homer highlighted the sixth.

Rome (11-11) got a run in the fourth on an error and three in the eighth, including a two-run single by Cody Miller. Cam Caminiti (2-1) took the loss.

Attendance was 479. The game lasted 2:26.