Braves Ride Offensive Surge to Fifth Straight Win

July 9, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Rome Emperors News Release

ROME, GA - The Rome Braves and Asheville Tourists would meet again for a Friday night show down inside AdventHealth Stadium with Luis De Avila on the mound for the Braves.

In what would be De Avila's first outing since hurling a no-hitter in Greenville last weekend, the left handed pitcher would find himself in an early hole after Asheville's JC Correa doubled and scored Michael Sandle. Down one run to none early, De Avila's focus would not be shaken. De Avila would go on to toss six full innings of ball while only allowing two runs on seven hits, while striking out five.

Davis Schwab would be the first man out of the pen for the Braves, and he would record a full inning and only allow one hit. Jake McSteen would eat two thirds of an inning to make way for Alec Barger who covered the last one and one third of an inning.

The Rome offense would be the story of the game, as they would score eleven runs to down the Tourists on Friday night. Tyler Tolve would get the party started in the bottom of the fourth by driving in Landon Stephens on a fielding error by Asheville's Cristian Gonzalez. Beau Philip would belt his sixth home run of the year to make it a four to one ball game in favor of the Braves.

Christian Robinson would tack on one more with a single to plate both Justyn-Henry Malloy and Landon Stephens in the bottom of the fifth. While the home half of the sixth would see a Drew Campbell single plate Vaughn Grissom to add to the Rome lead. In the bottom half of the seventh, Landon Stephens would belt a ground rule double to score both Brian Klein and Jacob Pearson. ‚¬Å 

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