SAL1 Rome Emperors

Delgado's Dinger Lifts Rome to 5-4 Win

Published on April 20, 2018 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Rome Emperors News Release


Rome, GA - The Rome Braves topped the Augusta GreenJackets 5-4 Friday night at State Mutual Stadium before 2,611 fans.

Three GreenJackets crossed the plate in the first inning thanks to groundout RBIs by Jean Angomas and Jacob Gonzalez, and a run scoring single by Ryan Kirby to take 3-0 lead. Rome bounced back with two runs in the second on a double steal and an error leading to the first run. The second run scored on Riley Del gado's RBI single making it a 3 -2 game. In the fifth, Angomas' gave Augusta a 4 -2 lead on a run scoring triple.

The Braves half of the seventh was a productive one as Jean Carols Encarnacion and Carlos Martinez both reached base before Delgado's (1) home run to left giving Rome the 5-4 advantage.

Romes' Walter Borkovich (1-0) earns the victory and Eduardo Rivera (0-2) gets the loss for Augusta.

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

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