Braves Open Crucial Series with Dominant 7-0 Win
ROME, GA - Returning from a long road trip and opening an important series against the 1st place team in their division, the Rome Braves turned in one of their finest performances of the season in a 7-0 shutout win over the rival GreenJackets on Thursday evening. The victory cuts
ROME, GA - Returning from a long road trip and opening an important series against the 1st place team in their division, the Rome Braves turned in one of their finest performances of the season in a 7-0 shutout win over the rival GreenJackets on Thursday evening. The victory cuts Rome's deficit in the Southern Division race to 3 games with three more matchups remaining in the series.
The Braves offense continued its recent trend of early production as
The offensive outburst would be more than enough for the Rome pitching staff.
Making his third start of the season, Braves RHP
Relievers LHP
Dean finished the game 3-5 with a triple and two runs scored. Cullen was 2-4 with a walk. Langeliers was 2-4 with two RBI. Shewmake was 1-3 with 3 RBI and was hit by a pitch.
The shutout was Rome's first since June 10th against Charleston, a game which was started by former Cy Young Award winner
Rome and Augusta continue their four game series on Friday evening at State Mutual Stadium. Game 2 is scheduled for 7 pm. Rome will start RHP