Rome's Wes Parsons pitched a complete game two-hitter and Chase Anselment's fifth-inning homer accounted for all the scoring as the Rome Braves blanked the Lexington Legends 1-0 Sunday. The nine-inning game was played in record setting time of 1:44 which sets a new record for Rome as the shortest game in history.
It didn't take long, but the Rome Braves defeated Lexington 1-0 Sunday in front of a crowd of 2,008 at State Mutual Stadium. A solo home run gave Wes Parsons enough offense to get the complete game shut out in an hour and 44 minutes The previous record of 1:49 was set in 2006 against the Hickory Crawdads in a 3-2 Rome win.
The only hits for Lexington were two bunt singles by Raul Mondesi, one in the first inning, one in the fourth. Parsons (4-6) struck out eight batters and walked none. It was the first career complete game and shutout for Parsons, who was an undrafted free agent who was siigned in 2012, but did not debut until this season.
Anselment led off the bottom of the fifth inning with his third home run of the year. It was the first earned run given up by Legends starter Greg Billo after 19 and two-thirds innings with Lexington.
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CLASS AAA
Gwinnett (49-66) 4, Durham 1
WP: Flande (7-6) 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K.
Buchter (Save, 4) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K.
Schafer (CF) 0-3, RBI, BB; Leonard 1-3, RBI; Gosselin 1-4, R; Kazmar 1-4, 2B, R.
CLASS AA
Huntsville 3, Mississippi (60-51) 2
SP: Atkins 5.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.
LP: Keeling (BS, 0-1) 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K.
Hefflinger 1-3, HR (5th), RBI; Schlehuber 3-4, R; La Stella 1-5l3333333w d/.w
ADVANCED CLASS A
Lynchburg, idle.
CLASS A
Rome (56-56) 1, Lexington 0
WP: Parsons (4-6, CG) 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K. (2.99)
Anselment 1-3, HR (3rd), RBI; Wren 1-4..
SHORT-SEASON
Game One
Burlington 4 Danville (19-22) 2 (9)
SP: Waszak 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K.
LP: Brosius (1-1) 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 Kd
Game Two
Danville (20-22) 6, Burlington 1 (7)
SP: Marksberry 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K.
WP: Otero (1-0) 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K. (0.00)
Brown 1-2, R, 2 RBI; H, SB. Garcia 1-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI, SB ; Reynolds 1-3, 2 R, SB (.328); Camargo 1-3, 2 R.
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