RiverDogs Bite Back

Rome, GA – The Charleston RiverDogs defeated the Rome Braves (5-2) Tuesday evening at State Mutual Stadium in front of 2,601 fans.

Charleston got on board in the first inning, after Abraham Almonte tripled and later scored on a Justin Snyder single for the 1-0 lead. Bradley Suttle also singled, advancing Snyder to second. Snyder later scored on an Austin Romine base hit giving the RiverDogs the lead 2-0. In the second inning, Benji Johnson singled and scored on an Adam Coe homerun (4), tying the game 2-2. In the Charleston half of the fifth, Snyder scored once again after he singled and advanced to third on a Jesus Montero hit. Austin Romine then cracked a base hit scoring Snyder allowing Charleston to regain the lead 3-2.

In the seventh the RiverDogs added two insurance runs, one on a wild pitch by Tommy Palica and the other on an RBI single by Jesus Montero making the final score 5-2.

Olbrychowski gets the win for the RiverDogs (4-2) while Eric Barrett is tagged with the loss (1-7).

Rome faces Charleston again tomorrow night at seven in game three of the four day series. For ticket information, contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.