SAL1 Rome Emperors

Three Run Ninth Dooms Braves

Published on April 21, 2018 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Rome Emperors News Release


Rome, GA - The Augusta GreenJackets plated three ninth inning runs to erase a 4-2 Rome lead to get the 5-4 win Saturday night at State Mutual Stadium before a crowd of 3,106.

Augusta scratched the scoreboard with two unearned runs in the second inning. With a runner at first, Manuel Geraldo bunted and two throwing errors later Jacob Gonzalez crossed the plate. John Riley added a run scoring single for the 2-0 score. In the fifth, the Braves tied the game on a groundout RBI by Drew Waters and a single by Riley Delgado to make it a 2-2 game. Rome broke the tie in the seventh when Waters singled home another run and Delgado reached on an error to score Waters for the 4-2 advantage. The GreenJackets put together a three run ninth inning highlighted by a two run double by Geraldo and Riley's RBI single for the 5- 4 win as Rome's bats fell silent in the bottom half of the inning.

Augusta's John Russell (2-0) picks up the victory and Frank Rubio (2) earns the save. Brandon White (0-1) gets the loss for Rome. The Braves and GreenJackets play the final game of the series Sunday at 2 p.m. For information contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.

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