SAL1 Rome Emperors

Augusta and Rome Split Doubleheader

Published on April 24, 2015 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Rome Emperors News Release


Rome, GA - The Rome Braves and Augusta GreenJackets split a doubleheader Friday night at State Mutual Stadium before a crowd of 2,791. Augusta won the first game 6-1 and Rome bounced back to take the nightcap 9-6.

Game one started with Rome taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Jordan Edgerton RBI double. The GreenJackets tied the game in the third when Will Callaway tripled home a run. In the fifth inning, Augusta pushed five runs across the plate to take the lead for good. John Riley homered (1) to start the inning, Andrew Cain scored on a balk, Skyler Ewing was hit by a pitch to force a run home, and Jonah Arenado added a two run single. Mark Reyes gets the win (1-0) while Rome starter Ricardo Sanchez is tagged with the loss.

The second game was a see saw affair which saw four lead changes. Augusta took a 2-0 advantage with single runs in the second and fifth innings but Rome jumped on top in the bottom of the fifth with five runs. Omar Obregon singled home a run, Joseph Daris added an RBI groundout, Keith Curcio singled in a run, and two wild pitches each scored a run giving Rome the 5-2 lead. Augusta fought back with four runs in the sixth but the Rome offense never slowed down and posted four runs in the bottom of the inning highlighted by a two run single by Obregon, and a two RBI triple by Daris to give the Braves the 9-6 victory. Jorge Zavala (1-0) gets the win while Raymundo Montero (0-2) the loss. Kyle Kinman (1) picks up the save.

The Braves and GreenJackets play at 6 p.m. tomorrow. For information contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.

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