Greenville Edges Past Rome

Rome, GA – The Greenville Drive cruised past the Rome Braves Tuesday night at State Mutual Stadium 8-4 before 2,942 fans.

Things started well for the Braves when Rome scored three runs in the first inning highlighted by RBI singles from Jayson Heyward and Freddie Freeman to give Rome the 3-0. The Braves added another run in the third on another RBI single from Freddie Freeman for the 4-0 lead. Freeman had three RBI on the night for the Braves.

Greenville cut into the Rome lead in the fourth inning on a two run homer by David Mailman (1) and an RBI single by Yamaico Navarro to close the gap to 4-3. Greenville would tie the game 4-4 in the fifth on an RBI single by Kristopher Negron. The Drive would take the lead in the sixth Mike Jones’ RBI base hit to make the score 5-4. In the ninth, Greenville would add three big insurance runs on an Luis Exposito three run blast to left (3) for the 8-4 score and final.

Chad Povich gets the win (2-0) and Yeliar Castro was the loser for Rome (0-2). Bryson Cox earns his first save for the Drive.

The Braves take on the Drive tomorrow morning for a special Education Day game beginning at 10:30AM. For ticket information, contact the Rome Braves at
706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.