Augusta Wins Afternoon Marathon

Rome, GA – The Augusta GreenJackets defeated the Rome Braves Wednesday afternoon in front of 4,300 fans by a final score of 8-7 in a four hour thirty seven minute afternoon affair at State Mutual Stadium.

The Braves and Greenjackets traded runs the first two innings. Augusta scored three in the top half of the first highlighted by an RBI double by Garrett Baker and an RBI single by Angel Villalona. Rome answered right back in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game scoring on a fielding error, a ground out, and an RBI single by Cody Johnson. The Braves and Greenjackets each scored two runs in the second for the 5-5 deadlock.

Augusta took the lead 6-5 in the fourth on an RBI double by Angel Villalona. Rome jumped ahead in the bottom of the fifth 7-6 thanks to a two run homer from Freddie Freeman. Augusta would tie the contest 7-7 in the eighth. James Simmons who came into the game as a pinch runner for Thomas Neal who singled earlier in the inning, scored on a throwing error by catcher Javier Dominguez.

The Greenjackets took the lead in the thirteenth inning, 8-7, on a fielding error by Cody Johnson scoring Brock Bond.

Daniel Turpen gets the win (2-1) and Benino Pruneda gets the loss (1-3) for the Braves.

The Braves face the GreenJackets in the finale tomorrow evening at seven. It’s dollar drinks night at the stadium. For ticket information, contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.