SAL1 Rome Emperors

Rome Drops Another to Hagerstown

Published on April 9, 2011 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Rome Emperors News Release


Rome, GA - The Hagerstown Suns defeated the Rome Braves 3-2 Saturday night in front of 4,158 fans at State Mutual Stadium. It was the Braves' third straight defeat with two of the three losses by one run.

Hagerstown took a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning. David Frietas blasted a solo homerun (1) over the center field wall for the 1-0 score. Later in the inning Sean Nicol singled and later scored on a double by Blake Kelso increasing the lead to 2-0. In the fifth, the Sun's added another run on a ground out RBI by Bryce Harper.

Rome made it a 3-1 game in the sixth inning when Kyle Rose singled and later scored on a Christian Bethancourt ground out. The Braves inched closer in the eighth when Elmer Reyes singled and was chased home on a Keenan Wiley triple.

The Hagerstown bullpen held the Braves the rest of the way for the 3-2 win.

Christopher McKenzie earns the win for Hagerstown (1-0) while Steven Kent takes the tough loss (0-1). Ben Graham earns his second save.

Rome takes on Hagerstown again tomorrow at 2PM for the final game of the series before Augusta comes to town for four games. For ticket information, contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.

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