WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Interstat) — Tony Santa Maria drove in a pair of runs during a five-run first inning, and the Bowling Green Hot Rods held off the Winston-Salem Dash 5-4 on Sunday at Truist Park. Bowling Green scored all of its runs in the opening inning on doubles from Santa Maria and Carlos Colmenarez. Winston-Salem answered with one run in the fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth innings. The Hot Rods improved to 80-45, while the Dash fell to 69-57. Winston-Salem outhit Bowling Green 8-7. Nick McLain homered and finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Dash, and Ely Brown added two hits and an RBI. Jonathan Russell earned the win, improving to 3-1 after allowing three earned runs with six strikeouts in three innings. Drew McDaniel took the loss and fell to 2-8. Jacob Hartlaub allowed one run over two innings for his third save. Jose Urbina pitched three scoreless innings, striking out three. Attendance was 10,112, and the game lasted 2:22.