Rome wins at Cass to earn season split

The Colonels fell behind early and did not recover in a 9-4 home loss to Rome played at LakePoint in Emerson.

The win by the Wolves gave them a split in the two-game, home-and-home series with Cass. The Colonels won 7-3 at Rome on February 17.

Rome built a 5-0 lead through the first four innings and added four more insurance runs in the top of the seventh.

Cass scored a single run in the fifth and posted three runs in the bottom of the seventh but their late rally came up short.

Bryson Thacker (5.1 IP, 4ER, 4H, 2BB, 14K) fanned fourteen Colonels while earning the pitching win.

Cass starter Trenton Payne (3 IP, 3R, 1ER, 4H, 2K) suffered the pitching loss. Chase Tatum (0.2 IP, 2ER, 2H, 3BB), Hunter Lovett (2.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 3K), and Devan Hutchinson (1 IP, 4R, 2ER, 2H, 1BB, 3K) also pitched for the Colonels.

Jesiel Moctezuma had two hits including a double and three RBIs. Carson Hill, Connor Jenkins, and Wesley Collins added one hit each. Nic Wright was credited with one RBI.

Rome improved to 4-2.

Cass (2-1) hosts Heritage-Conyers Friday at 5:55 p.m. and will play at Pickens Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Mountain Classic.