SAL1 Rome Emperors

Greenville Drives Over Braves

Published on July 25, 2010 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Rome Emperors News Release


Rome, GA - The Rome Braves fell 8-2 to the Greenville Drive Sunday afternoon in front of 2,034 fans at State Mutual Stadium. The Braves fall to 14-16 in the second half.

The Drive lit up the scoreboard early with five runs in the first inning. Jeremy Hazelbaker lead off with a single then moved to second when Derrik reached base on a fielding error by Paul Gosselin. Chris McGuiness walked to load the bases and then with Shannon Wilkerson batting, a wild pitch by Carlos Perez plated Hazelbaker and moved up the runners. Wilkerson would reach base on an error by Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg to again load the bases. With one out, Gibson scored on a Michael Almanzar groundout. Reynaldo Rodriguez reached first after being hit by a pitch followed by a bases clearing three RBI double from Sean Killeen for the 5-0 lead.

Greenville would add a run in the second to extend their lead to 6-0 when Hazelbaker led off with a double then scored on a Gibson RBI base hit.

The Braves got on the scoreboard with two runs in the third after Kyle Rose singled then Gosselin (1) delivered a two-run home run for the 6-2 score. That was all of the offense Rome could muster as Greenville held the Braves to just three more hits in the final six innings. The Drive would add a run in the sixth inning then another in the ninth for the 8-2 victory.

Drake Britton (1-1) gets the win for the Drive while Carlos Perez (0-1) was the losing pitcher for the Braves. Tom Ebert recorded his first save of the season for Greenville.

Rome and Greenville meet again tomorrow for game three of the series. For ticket information, contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.

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