Grand slam leads Rome over Columbia in 16 innings
Leudys Baez hit a grand slam in the top of the 16th inning to help lead the Rome Braves to an 11-6 win over the Columbia Fireflies on Sunday.
The grand slam capped the six-run inning for the Braves after Jordan Rodgers scored on a fielder’s choice, and Kurt Hoekstra drew a bases-loaded walk to give them the lead.
In the bottom of the inning, Columbia scored on a ground out by Andres Gimenez that brought home Jay Jabs. However, the rally ended when Hoekstra got J.J. Franco to ground out to end the game.
Baez homered and singled twice, driving in four runs and scoring a pair in the win. Kevin Josephina singled four times.
Hoekstra (1-0) got the win in relief while Joseph Zanghi (0-3) took the loss in the South Atlantic League game.
Jabs tripled and singled twice for the Fireflies.
Rome | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Wilson cf | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mooney ss | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Martinez c | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Herbert dh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Lugbauer 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoekstra 1b-p | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Baez rf | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Josephina 2b | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rodgers 3b | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Concepcion lf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Keller lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
TOTALS | 56 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
Columbia | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Gimenez ss | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Franco dh-p | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Strom rf | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Winningham 1b | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Caprio 2b | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Gamache 3b | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jabs lf | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rizzie c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Berrios cf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
TOTALS | 55 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
Rome | 001 | 202 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 6 | 11 |
Columbia | 101 | 200 | 010 | 000 | 000 | 1 | 6 |
DP — Rome 3; Columbia 1. LOB — Rome 12; Columbia 11. 3B — Rodgers; Jabs. HR — Hoekstra; Gimenez; Caprio. SB — Wilson; Strom; Franco. CS — Josephina. E — Lewis; Gamache; Ramos; Zanghi.
Rome | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Rangel | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lewis | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Burrows | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Matos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Hoekstra W, 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Columbia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Ramos | 5 2/3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Pobereyko | 2 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Blackham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Griffin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Henry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Zanghi L, 0-3 | 2/3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Franco | 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
WP — Burrows; Matos; Griffin; Zanghi 2. HBP — Mooney (by Ramos, D); Keller (by Griffin); Martinez, C (by Zanghi). Umpires — HP: Forrest Ladd. 1B: Mark Bass. T — 5:08. A —3,805.
This story was originally published August 20, 2017 at 10:56 PM with the headline "Grand slam leads Rome over Columbia in 16 innings."