Despite Six Errors, Rome Finds a Way to Victory 7-5

Rome, GA - The Rome Braves get the win 7-5 in the last game of the series against the Kannapolis Intimidators Tuesday night at State Mutual Stadium before a patriotic sellout crowd of 5,105. 
Rome jumped on the scoreboard in the first inning on Greyson Jenista's RBI triple and a run scoring groundout by William Contreras for the 2-0 score. It was Jenista's second triple in as many games. Rome added three more runs in the fifth thanks to Jefry Ramos'(8) three run shot to right-center giving the Braves a 5-0 lead. The home run by Ramos tonight was his third of the series. 
The Intimidators came back in the sixth to score four runs on a fielding error by Jean Carlos Encarnacion allowing a run to score, a force out and another fielding error by Encarnacion pushing two more runs across the plate. Carlos Perez then blooped a single to right to plate the fourth run of the inning making it a 5-4 game. Three of the four runs were unearned. Rome's misplays continued into the seventh with two errors allowing Kannapolis to tie the game 5-5. It was the fourth unearned run of the game. 
In the bottom half of the seventh, the Braves regained the lead 7-5 on a sacrifice fly RBI by Contreras and Drew Lugbauer's single to score a run. Despite a shaky ninth, the Braves held on for the 7-5 final. 
Relief pitcher Cutter Dyals (3-1) takes the win while Jake Elliott (1-0) will get the loss. Kelvin Rodriguez (9) gets the save. The Braves defense struggled making six errors in the game. 
Rome hits the road for a three game series in Asheville before returning home next Satuday July 7th to face the Augusta GreenJackets. For information contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com