SAL1 Rome Emperors

Rome Splits With Hagerstown

Published on August 13, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Rome Emperors News Release


Rome, GA - The Rome Braves and Hagerstown Suns split Wednesday's double header in front of 2,185 fans. Hagerstown won the first game 2-0 with Rome bouncing back in the second game 5-1.

In game one, Hagerstown scored both of their runs in the first inning as Valerio Heredia got on with a base hit, advanced to second on a Jose Lozada ground out. Heredia stole third and Tim Pahuta singled driving in Heredia to make the score 1-0. Jesus Valdez also singled advancing Pahuta to third. Pahuta later scored on a passed ball by Chris Anderson for the 2-0 score. Suns pitching shut out the Braves on just two hits.

Cole Kimball (5-8) gets the win for Hagerstown while Jeff Locke (5-11) is tagged with the loss.

Things got better in game two for Rome as they jumped on board in the first inning, after Jason Heyward reached on a double and scored on a Freddie Freeman single, making the score 1-0.

In the second inning, Hagerstown tied the game 1-1 when Garrett Bass reached on with a base hit and advanced to third on a Bryan Miller double. Bass scored on a Robert Jacobsen sacrifice fly. The Braves regained the lead in the third as David Berres singled and moved to third on a fielding error on a ball hit by Chad Lundahl. Lundahl ended up at second base on the play. Freeman singled to score Berres moving Lundahl to third. Lundahl later scored on a sacrifice fly by Cody Johnson, making the score 3-1.

Rome added two insurance runs during the fifth when Freddie Freeman singled and scored on a Cody Johnson homerun (21) making the final score 5-1.

Edgar Osuna (8-4) gets the win for the Braves while Chris Lugo (2-1) gets the loss.

Rome and Hagerstown finish their series tomorrow night at seven. It's Dollar Drink night and for ticket information contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.

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