Braves fall to Bombers

Rome- The Rome Braves fell to the Greenville Bombers 3-1 Saturday night at State Mutual Stadium before a sellout crowd of 5105.

The Braves got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second as Cole Armstrong led off with a double. He advanced to third on a fielders choice by Keith Eichas and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Johan Silva to give Rome the lead 1-0. .

The score remained 1-0 through eight innings but in the top of the ninth, Logan Sorensen led off with a single to center. Claudio Arias then walked to put runners at first and second. Rome reliever Kelvin Villa then proceeded to retire the next two Greenville hitters. With two outs John Otness popped to shortstop Dean White who dropped the ball to allow the tying run to score. Mitchel Stachowsky then lined a single to right center to give the Bombers the lead
3-1. Rome failed to score in the bottom half of the inning and Greenville gets the win. Jesus Delgado picked up the victory (1-0) and Kelvin Villa the loss for Rome (0-1). Harvey Garcia earned his first save of the year.

Rome and Greenville wrap up the series tomorrow afternoon at two at State Mutual Stadium. Tickets are available by calling (706) 378-3144.