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Braves’ Eddie Rosario gets a triple in first game with Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers

Eddie Rosario played for the Washington Nationals earlier this season. AP file photo
Eddie Rosario played for the Washington Nationals earlier this season. AP file photo
By AJC Sports
July 6, 2024

Outfielder Eddie Rosario, in his first game back with the Braves organization after signing as a minor-league free agent earlier in the day, went 1-for-4 with a triple for the Gwinnett Stripers Friday night.

Another Braves outfielder, Brian Anderson, started a rehab assignment and went 0-for-4 with a walk as the designated hitter.

The Stripers held leads of 3-0 and 4-3 but the host St. Paul Saints scored eight runs over the final four innings to win 11-5 at CHS Field in Minnesota.

Andrew Velazquez homered and drove in three runs for Gwinnett. Alvarez has 10 multi-hit games in just 19 Triple-A contests.

A two-run single by Velazquez and RBI single by Drake Baldwin staked the Stripers to a 3-0 lead against Adam Plutko in the second inning, but St. Paul quickly tied it on Anthony Prato’s three-run triple off Dylan Dodd in the bottom of the second.

Gwinnett went back ahead 4-3 on Luke Waddell’s sacrifice fly, scoring Rosario in the third.

Chris Williams took over for the Saints from there, tying the game with a solo homer off Dodd in the fourth and delivering a go-ahead two-run single off Jackson Stephens in the sixth. Williams homered again in the seventh, and Edouard Julien iced the game with a three-run shot in the eighth.

Velazquez’s homer (his 10th) in the ninth trimmed the deficit to 11-5.

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