Braves Chewed Up By Riverdogs - Braves Trail Series 2-1

Rome, GA – The Rome Braves lose tonight’s game 9-4 to the Charleston Riverdogs in front of a near sell out crowd of 5,058 at State Mutual Stadium.

Charleston overpowered Braves tonight with two big innings. The Riverdogs posted four runs in the first highlighted by a RBI single by Kevin Smith driving in Mitch Hilligoss for the early 1-0 lead. James Cooper would follow with a two RBI triple to right-center field scoring Scott Fortenberry and Smith for the 3-0 advantage. Cooper would add to Charleston’s lead by touching the plate on Josue Calzado’s RBI single to center field making the score 4-0.

Rome took two runs back in the home half of the first when Tyler Flowers hit a two RBI triple to center field plating Jon Mark Owings and Willie Cabrera bring the Braves closer at 4-2. Flowers would strike again hitting a two run homer in the fourth inning tying the game at 4-4. The Riverdogs took the lead for good with five runs in the sixth on four hits aided by two Braves errors. Charleston gets the win 9-4.

Tim Gustafson gets branded with the loss for Rome (2-6), while Grant Duff (9-5) gets credit for the win for Charleston.

Rome takes on Charleston for the final game of the series tomorrow at 2pm. Tomorrow afternoon is Collector Team Poster Day presented by the U.S. Army and 95.7 The Ridge. For ticket information call 706-378-5144 or log on to www.romebraves.com.