Columbia’s Church throws one-hit shutout, beating Rome 4-0

Starter Touki Toussaint took the loss Saturday night as the Rome Braves were shutout by the Columbia Fireflies 4-0.

Toussaint went five innings, giving up three runs on five hits – including a homer – striking out five and walking two batters.  Columbia would get one more run off reliever Grayson Jones late.

Rome’s offense ran up against a buzzsaw in Columbia’s Andrew Church, who pitched a complete game one-hit shutout for the win.  The Braves’ lone hit came from Justin Ellison.

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