Rome Beat the Dash in Game Five Off Power of Malloy, Braves Hitting

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (May 14, 2022) — In game five of the series, Rome beat the Dash using a strong start to the game to win 7-1.

The Braves got to Winston-Salem starter Matthew Thompson early, scoring three runs in the first inning. Cody Milligan led off with a double before Vaughn Grissom walked and Justyn-Henry Malloy singled to load the bases. Thompson hit Landon Stephens with a pitch that scored Rome’s first run and then Drew Campbell hit into a fielder’s choice that plated another. Beau Phillip would hit into another fielder’s choice that scored a run to cap off the three-run first inning.

In the second inning, Rome didn’t stop scoring, this time off the power of singles by Milligan and Grissom, who would later make the score 5-0 after scoring off of a double by Malloy. In the fifth inning, they’d continue the reign of offense off of a Javier Valdes single that allowed Phillips to score. Then in the eighth, they’d add a seventh run onto their total on a Stephens double that scored Malloy.

Meanwhile, Rome’s pitching was on point as through eight innings, the Braves starter, Dylan Dodd and reliever Justin Yeager**,* struck out seven and held the Dash’s offense to just five hits. However, in the ninth, the Dash would end the shutout by Rome with *Luis Mieses’* single that scored *Duke Ellis. However, the scoring stopped after that and Rome closer **Austin Smith forced a groundout to end the game to give Rome their fifth win of the series heading into the finale Sunday.