Braves Drop Nail-Biter

Published on June 1, 2010 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Rome Emperors News Release

Rome, GA - The Augusta Green Jackets defeated the Rome Braves 7-6 in front of 2,398 fans at State Mutual Stadium. Rome drops to 22-30 on the season.

The first run of the game came in the second inning when Augusta scored on a force out to bring home Christopher Dominguez. The Green Jackets led off the fourth with a home run from Dominguez (9) for the 2-0 score. They would add another run on an Ydwin Villegas RBI single to extend their lead to 3-0.

Rome came back in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 3-3 on a double from Jace Whitmer to score Jordan Kreke followed by a Braeden Schlehuber single to plate Christian Bethancourt and Whitmer. The Braves would take the lead in the fifth inning on a Robert Hefflinger double to right to score Mycal Jones for the 4-3 lead.

Augusta took back the lead in the sixth with an RBI single by Ryan Lollis followed by a sacrifice fly RBI by Ryan Cavan to make the score 5-4. Rome battled back with two runs to take the lead in the bottom half of the sixth on a Whitmer (1) home run and an RBI single from Kyle Rose to plate Chris Curley for the 6-5 advantage.

The Green Jackets took the lead for good after scoring two runs in the eighth inning for the 7-6 final.

Jose Castilla (2-0) picks up the win for Augusta while Rome's Julio Surinach (0-2) gets the loss. Devan Kline earns his third save of the year for the Green Jackets.

The Braves face the Augusta GreenJackets again tomorrow night at seven for the second game of the series. For ticket information, contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.

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