Rome, GA - The Rome Braves edged the Columbia Fireflies Saturday evening at State Mutual Stadium 3-1 before a crowd of 2,943. Columbia got on the board in the first inning as Wuilmer Becerra singled home a run for the 1-0 lead. The Braves answered back in the second on Drew
Rome, GA - The Rome Braves edged the Columbia Fireflies Saturday evening at State Mutual Stadium 3-1 before a crowd of 2,943.
Columbia got on the board in the first inning as Wuilmer Becerra singled home a run for the 1-0 lead. The Braves answered back in the second on Drew Lugbauer's run scoring groundout for the 1-1 score. In the sixth, Rome took the team 2-1 on Jean Carlos Encarnacion's RBI base hit and in the eighth the Braves got a much needed insurance run on Jefry Ramos' sacrifice fly RBI for the 3-1 final.
Bruce Zimmermann (7-2) gets the win and enjoyed another solid start going six innings scattering six hits, allowing one run, and striking out nine. The Fireflies starter David Peterson (1-4) is tagged with a tough loss but pitched well going seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits and striking out eight. Kelvin Rodriguez picks up his fifth save of the season for Rome.
The Braves and Columbia conclude the series Sunday afternoon at two. For information contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.
