Braves Stay Quiet against the Riverdogs

Rome, GA – The Rome Braves lost Sunday afternoon 4-0 to the Charleston Riverdogs in front of 3,073 fans at State Mutual Stadium.

Charleston jumped on an early lead in the first inning highlighted by a Seth Fortenberry single. Kevin Smith followed with a base hit advancing Fortenberry to second base. Fortenberry and Smith later scored on a two run RBI double by Josue Calzado to left-center field giving the Riverdogs a 2-0 lead.

The Riverdogs tagged on two insurance runs on a Chris Kunda double in the bottom of the ninth inning mounting their lead to 4-0.

The Braves assemble two hits from Phillip Britton and Concepcion Rodriguez while striking out ten times as a team as Charleston pitching picked up the shutout.

Michael Dunn is the winner (9-3) today and kept his 3-0 perfect record against the Rome intact. Deunte Heath is charged with the loss (2-3) despite retiring his last 19 out of 22 batters after giving up three hits to the first five hitters.

Rome hits the road for games in Columbus on Tuesday and Wednesday before returning home against the same Columbus Catfish on Thursday and Friday. For ticket information call 706-378-5144 or log on to www.romebraves.com.