Rome Mounts Impressive Comeback in 7-4 Win over Augusta
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC - The Rome Braves overcame an early four run deficit to defeat Augusta 7-4 in their series opener at SRP Park on Thursday evening, sending the GreenJackets tumbling out of 1st place in the Southern Division standings.Trailing 4-0 after the 1st inning the Rome offense began to
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC - The Rome Braves overcame an early four run deficit to defeat Augusta 7-4 in their series opener at SRP Park on Thursday evening, sending the GreenJackets tumbling out of 1st place in the Southern Division standings.
Trailing 4-0 after the 1st inning the Rome offense began to slowly but surely chip away at the Augusta advantage, finally tying it up in the 7th and taking the lead in the 8th. Led by lefty reliever
Augusta took their early advantage but was then held in check by Mejia. With the Nicaraguan southpaw doing his work it gave the lineup time to build the comeback. Rome scored two runs in the 3rd inning off a wild pitch and an RBI groundout. The Braves pulled within a run at 4-3 in the 5th inning on an RBI single by
The tying run scored in the 7th inning on an opposite-field solo homerun by
The Braves took their first lead of the night in the 8th inning as
Fernandez was 3-5 with two doubles, a triple, two RBI and three runs scored. Cullen was 2-3 with a homer, a walk and was hit by a pitch. He scored two runs. Brown went 2-4 with an RBI and a walk. Montesino was 1-3 with a double, walk and was hit by a pitch.
Mejia threw 6 innings and allowed no runs and no hits. He struck out four and walked three while lowering his season ERA to 1.42.
Rome and Augusta continue their four game series on Friday night at SRP Park. Game 2 is scheduled for 7:05 pm. Rome will start RHP