Rome Wins Sixth Straight

Rome, GA – The Rome Braves defeated the Hagerstown Suns 9-6 Monday night at State Mutual Stadium in front of 2,437 fans. It was the Braves’ sixth straight victory and tenth in their last twelve games.

Rome jumped on the board with five runs in the first inning. Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman, and Adam Coe all had RBI singles. Cody Johnson and Benji Johnson each had sacrifice flies to give Rome the lead. The Suns answered back with five runs of their own in the third to tie the game. Jose Lozada had a solo home run and Garrett Bass had a single to drive in two runs to highlight the inning.

The Braves regained the lead 6-5 in the bottom of the third on an RBI double from Chad Lundahl. The lead was short lived as Hagerstown tied the contest in the fourth on an RBI groundout by Sean Rooney. Rome took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth with two runs when Heyward grounded into a double play and Freddie Freeman added an RBI single for the 8-6 score. The Braves added another insurance run in the sixth for the 9-6 final score.

Matt Timms (1-1) earns the win while Terrance Engles (3-5) is tagged with the loss. Tommy Palica gets his seventh save of the season.

Rome and Hagerstown continue their series tomorrow night at seven. It’s 2fer Tuesday with two for one box seats presented by Comcast. For ticket information contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.