The Atlanta Braves had a scheduled off-day on Monday and will be back on their home field at Truist Park this evening to open a two-game series against the Boston Red Sox. Reynaldo Lopez will be the starting pitcher for Atlanta, while Kutter Crawford will be on the mound for Boston. First pitch is slated…… read more »
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ROME EMPERORS’ EJ EXPOSITO EARNS SAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
(Media release from the Rome Emperors): The South Atlantic League, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball, today announced their weekly award winners for the week of April 28th which included Rome’s own E.J. Exposito. E.J. collected a league-high 11 hits in 23 at-bats (.478) in last week’s series against the Hickory Crawdads. His three homers in…… read more »
GHC PLAYS HOST TO NJCAA BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TOURNEY IN CARTERSVILLE
(Media release from Georgia Highlands College): Georgia Highlands College (GHC) is hosting the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 17 baseball and softball tournament through May 10th at its new baseball and softball complex, located adjacent to the Savoy Automobile Museum at the GHC Cartersville site, 5441 GA-20, Cartersville, GA 30121. Chargers Baseball The winner…… read more »
ATLANTA BRAVES SWEPT IN LA BY THE DODGERS
The Atlanta Braves fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers by 5-1 on Sunday in the finale of a three-game set in Los Angeles, CA. That allowed LA to sweep the series. It marked the first time that Atlanta has been swept this season. Shohei Otani opened the scoring with a two-run homer for the Dodgers…… read more »
ROME EMPERORS TAKE SUNDAY FINALE AND SERIES VERSUS HICKORY CRAWDADS
(Media release from the Rome Emperors): E.J. Exposito homered for third time in the series in Sunday’s 11-1 rout of the Hickory Crawdads. Exposito tied Aberdeen’s Creed Willems and Asheville’s Cam Fisher for the league-lead in homeruns with his eighth-inning 370-foot shot to left field. It was Expo’s sixth of the season and third of…… read more »
ATLANTA BRAVES IN LA FOR WEEKEND SET VERSUS DODGERS, LISTEN ON WLAQ!
The Atlanta Braves had a scheduled off-day on Thursday and will continue their current six-game road trip out west over the weekend with a three-game series in Los Angeles, CA against the Dodgers. Charlie Morton will serve as starting pitcher for Atlanta in tonight’s series opener. Gavin Stone will head to the mound for LA.…… read more »
ROME EMPERORS TAKE GAME THREE FROM HICKORY CRAWDADS, TEAMS’ SIX-GAME SET CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND
(Media release from the Rome Emperors): Exposito’s three hits and the bullpen’s 6.1 innings of dominance declawed the Crawdads in Thursday night’s 8-4 victory. Hickory would end up walking in a run in the first after Rome’s 1-2-3 hitters all reached and before walks to Zebrowski and Ward. After Hickory got one back in the…… read more »
ATLANTA BRAVES WRAP UP SERIES IN SEATTLE WITH WIN OVER MARINERS
The Atlanta Braves beat the Seattle Mariners 5-2 on Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game set in Seattle, WA. That allowed Atlanta to avoid being swept in the series. The Braves scored the first run of the day on a bases-loaded walk to Marcell Ozuna in the top of the third inning. They…… read more »
ROME EMPERORS DROP WEDNESDAY OUTING TO HICKORY CRAWDADS
(Media release from the Rome Emperors): The script was flipped in game two of Rome’s series with Hickory, as the Crawdads never trailed in their 4-1 victory, breaking their four-game losing streak against the Emperors. Owen Murphy gave up a two-run homerun to Hickory’s Konner Piotto in the first and wouldn’t give up another run…… read more »
SPRING ACTIVITIES WRAPPING UP AT ROME-FLOYD PARKS AND RECREATION
(Media release from Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation): It was a busy spring at Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation with various events, baseball and softball tournaments, youth sports and there is still more to come. Recreational baseball, softball and t-ball kicked off the season in April with 83 teams between the three leagues and more than 1,100…… read more »