GREENVILLE, SC - Luke Sinnard gave the Emperors five innings of one-run baseball Wednesday, relishing in the four-run advantage provided by Exposito and Tavarez's back-to-back doubles in the second and Espinoza's solo shot in the third. After scoring the final run in Tuesday’s game, Exposito and the Emperors picked up

GREENVILE, SC – Greenville overpowered Herick Hernandez and the Emperors on Tuesday night; three home runs combining for five of the Drive’s seven runs. Rome’s starting pitcher Herrick Hernandez, had little time to settle into Greenville before receiving a gut punch from the Drive by way of back-to-back longballs in

ROME, Ga – The South Atlantic League, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball, yesterday announced their weekly award winners, which included Emperors right-hander Cedric De Grandpre. For the second time in as many months, Horacio Ramirez’s staff celebrates a Pitcher of the Week nomination. This time, it’s Quebec, Canada’s own

ROME, GA – Rome’s pitching staff tallies 12 strikeouts, and the offense provides some much-needed power to propel the Emperors to a Sunday victory. The Sunday series finale kicked off with right-handed pitcher Cedric De Granpré on the mound for the Emperors. Cedric was making his first High-A start since

ROME, GA – Back-to-back two-out doubles in the second and Will Bush’s second home run of the series put the Emperors in an unconquerable five-run hole early in Thursday’s game. Left-hander Riley Frey breezed through the first and two-thirds of the second, facing the minimum through five batters, but a

ROME, GA – Asheville's four run forth puts Emperors in insurmountable hole and a damper on Sinnard's High-A debut. Rome continues to showcase fresh faces this season, and today was no exception, as former Hoosier and 2024 third-round pick Luke Sinnard took the mound to make his High-A debut. The

ROME, Ga – Four Asheville errors authorized six of Rome’s 13 runs to be scored as unearned Tuesday night in the Emperors’ seventh straight series-opening win. Three scoreless frames passed before Asheville broke through in the top of the fourth inning. Back-to-back one-out walks issued to Cristian Gonzalez and Will

SPARTANBURG, SC – Scoreless for eleven innings Saturday afternoon, the Emperors and Spartanburgers both selected the twelfth as their breakout inning with Hub City picking up the bigger hit with the bases loaded. The tenth and the eleventh saw both squads fail in their attempts to score the automatic runner

SPARTANBURG, SC – Aside from Mac Guscette’s seventh-inning double that brought home Bryson Horne from first base, the Emperors struggled to build momentum Friday night in their 4-1 loss to Hub City. May 13th call-up Logan Samuels made his first-career High-A start after appearing out of the bullpen last Friday

SPARTANBURG, SC – After failing to capitalize on the extra-innings automatic runner in the eleventh and twelfth last night, Dylan Dreiling’s single to left field walked off the Emperors in game two. Hub City hurler Aidan Curry issued three free passes and gave up a pair of hits across his

SPARTANBURG, SC – Ahead 2-1 for the majority of the game one, Rome’s four-run top of the eighth inning, fueled by Ambioris Tavarez’s three-run home run, overcooked the Spartanburgers in the 6-3 victory. After Adam Maier worked through back-to-back walks and let up a run at the onset of his

GREENSBORO, NC – Counting the Grasshoppers’ two home runs on Friday night, the Pirates’ High-A affiliate has now launched 11 round trippers since Tuesday which is tied for the second-most in all of professional baseball. Lonnie White Jr.’s first-inning solo shot to center field came off Riley Frey’s 3-1 fastball

GREENSBORO, NC – Rome’s leadoff batter, Lizandro Espinoza became just the twelfth Emperor in the last decade to homer in three-straight games, but the Emperors were once again unable to put away the Grasshoppers Thursday, losing 5-4. Titus Dumitru’s second homer of the series jumpstarted the Emperors offense in the

GREENSBORO, NC – Once ahead 7-3 as early as the third inning, Rome watched its lead disappear over the remainder of Wednesday's game, dropping game two to the Grasshoppers by a final of 10-9. A run in the first, courtesy of consecutive singles from Rome’s 1-2 punch of Espinoza and

GREENSBORO, NC – Rome’s leadoff and three-hole hitter racked up 13 total bases in Tuesday’s series opening 7-5 win over the Greensboro Grasshoppers. After 118 at-bats without a homer to start the season, Titus Dumitru finally ran into a full count fastball at the top of the zone and sent

ROME, Ga – The South Atlantic League, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball, today announced their weekly award winners which included Rome’s staff ace, JR Ritchie. J.R.’s complete game shutout of the Greenville Drive Saturday night drew national attention, as the Braves’ no.7 prospect became just the second pitcher in

ROME, Ga – J.R. put the finishing touches on his nine-inning, 95-pitch, shutout masterpiece Saturday night, complete with nine strikeouts. Ritchie, the Braves’ 35th overall pick in the 2022 draft and no.7 prospect, gave up just one hit to Franklin Arias on the second pitch of the game. From that

ROME, Ga – Friday marked the second game this series in which Greenville recorded double-digit hits (11) as the Drive slugged their way past the Emperors, 9-5. After Rome’s starter, Herick Hernandez dodged a two-out walk in the first, back-to-back-to-back doubles from Zach Ehrhard, Brooks Brannon, and Marvin Alcantara greeted

ROME, Ga – For the second time in his last three starts, Adam Maier recorded 21 outs while allowing two or fewer runs in Rome’s 7-2 win over the Greenville Drive. It was a turbulent takeoff for Maier who saw the leadoff batter reach base in each of the first

ROME, Ga – With over 3,400 in attendance Wednesday, the now-second-place Emperors failed to produce a run against a trio of Greenville arms in 6-0 loss. Pitchers Juan Valera, Zach Fogell, and Issac Stebens scattered six hits total and struck out a dozen Emperors. Valera’s 5.2 scoreless innings marked a

ROME, Ga – Six hits and four runs were enough for the Emperors Tuesday night, as Brett Sears spun 5.1 innings of one-run baseball in his High-A debut before turning things over to Tyler LaPorte, Rob Griswold, and Ryan Bourassa in the bullpen. After two innings of spotless baseball from

ROME, Ga – Outscored 7-1 since Tuesday night’s win, Rome’s offense finally came to life Sunday, winning game one, 8-1, behind twelve hits and game two in shutout fashion, 2-0, to earned a series split with Hub City. Game One: Emperors 8, Spartanburgers 1 Each of the first four batters

ROME, Ga – The Emperors’ 20-plus-inning scoring drought, leftover from Wednesday and Thursday, came to an end early in game four, but Friday night’s rain played a big part in Hub City’s 5-1 victory. A Patrick Clohisy single to centerfield accompanied by an EJ Exposito double down the left field

ROME, Ga – One run sufficed for Hub City Wednesday afternoon, as five Spartanburger arms surrendered a combined two hits in the shutout effort. Starter Aidan Curry and relievers Joey Danielson, Dylan MacLean, Larson Kindreich, and Wilian Bormie struck out a total of twelve Emperors and walked four over their

ROME, Ga – With sole possession of first place on the line Tuesday night, the Emperors, behind a career-high 7.0 innings from JR Ritchie, shut out the Spartanburgers, 5-0. Oddly enough, Rome’s first two runs of the series crossed the plate thanks to a pair of double plays, one off