Five Run Fifth Sends Rome to Victory
August 19, 2013 - South Atlantic League (SAL1) - Rome Emperors News Release
Rome, GA - The Braves won their third straight game Monday night at State Mutual Stadium 5-3 against the Charleston Riverdogs before 1,597 fans. Rome has won nine of their last eleven games and their last three series.
The Riverdogs jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first. Jake Cave started the game with a single and later stole second. Mauricio Cabrera threw a wild pitch to advance Cave to third. Later in the inning, Dante Bichette singled to take the 1-0 lead.
Rome's fifth inning proved to be huge as the team scored five runs on five hits. Daniel Carroll led off the frame with a single and advanced to third on a wild pick off attempt by pitcher Brett Gerritse. Ross Heffley drilled a double to left field to score the Braves first run of the game. Kyle Wren singled and was able to advance Heffley to third. Jose Peraza was hit by a pitch to load the bases. With one out, Edison Sanchez smacked a double to left to clear the bases making the score 4-1. Carlos Franco walked, and Joey Meneses singled to score Sanchez from second for the 5-1 score.
Charleston scored runs in the sixth and ninth innings but Rome's bullpen held on to get the 5-3 win.
Braves starter Mauricio Cabrera (3-7) gets the win and Gerritse (8-7) the loss. Zach Jadofsky received his third save this year.
Rome travels to Greenville and Kannapolis before concluding the Braves final home series. For ticket information, contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.
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