Braves Lose Fight with Riverdogs

Rome, GA – The Charleston Riverdogs defeated the Rome Braves 6-4 at State Mutual Stadium in front of 3,280 fans to open the second half of the 2007 season.

The Braves jumped on the board first in the first inning on a sacrifice fly-out by Tyler Flowers scoring Concepcion Rodriguez giving the Braves the early 1-0 lead. The Riverdogs would later grab the lead with four runs in the fourth inning highlighted by a two run homer to left field by Josue Calzado scoring Kevin Smith for the 2-1 advantage. Chris Kunda continued the inning by hitting a two RBI double down the left field line scoring Jose Gil and Wilmer Pino pushing the lead the 4-1.

Rome would even things up in the home half of the fourth as Rodriguez doubled down the left field line plating Larry Williams and Phillip Britton making it a 4-3 game. Chad Lundahl crossed the plate later in the inning on a wild pitch by Ivan Nova dead locking the game at 4-4.

Charleston would take the lead for good on a sacrifice fly RBI by Kunda scoring Eduardo Nunez and a RBI single by Mitch Hilligoss scoring Jose Gil to give the Riverdogs a 6-4 win.

Ferdin Tejeda earns the win for the Riverdogs (1-0), while James Curtis suffers the loss (2-2).

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