Braves Outlast RiverDogs
Rome tosses takes third straight, chance to complete the sweep on Sunday
With the loss, the RiverDogs fall to 23-26 in the second half and 62-55 overall. With the win, Rome advances to 23-26 in the second half and 58-60 overall.
The Braves bats got going early to the tune of three runs on three hits, one walk, and a hit batter in the top of the first inning capped off by a two out, two RBI single by Tyler Tewell who finished 2-4 with two RBI. They added a couple more runs on a two-run homer by Felix Marte in the third to take a 5-0 lead.
Sean Gilmartin followed the lead of the previous two starters for Rome and turned in a great performance on the mound. He allowed just one run on four hits, no walks, and collected five strikeouts to collect the victory and move to 1-0.
Offensively for Charleston, the bats were slow to get going. After being stifled for the first four frames, Francisco Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Reymond Nunez and make it a 5-1 game after five innings of play. Rome got that run back though in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by Ronald Luna to go up 6-1.
In the bottom of the sixth inning Charleston cut the lead to 6-3 thanks to Ericson Leanora’s RBI double and Reymond Nunez’s RBI single.
Then in the bottom of the eighth, Nunez hit a majestic two-run homer over the left field wall to cut the Rome lead to 6-5. Nunez finished the game 3-4 with three RBI and two runs scored to pace Charleston at the plate.
That was as close as the RiverDogs would get however as the Braves tacked on two runs in the ninth to go up 8-5, and held on to win by that score.
Greg Bird and Jackson Valera each chipped in with two hits for Charleston as well.
Evan Rutckyj got the loss for Charleston after surrendering six runs on six hits, three walks, and five strikeouts in 5.1 innings pitched. His record now stands at 9-8. Adam Smith threw 1.2 scoreless innings of relief, and Ben Paullus gave up two runs on four hits in two frames.
Alex Wilson tossed a scoreless ninth inning and earned his fifth save of the year for Rome.
Box Score: http://atmilb.com/13YkTuT
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Being posted with permission from the Charleston Riverdogs organization. The original article can be seen HERE.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)