HCS 4, ROM 5 | Aug 20, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 20, 2026•AdventHealth Stadium•96°F, Clear

HCS

Spartanburgers

ROM

Emperors

Final

WIN

Jacob Shafer

LOSS

Kamdyn Perry

SAVE

Tyler Schoff

The Emperors edged the Spartanburgers 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

Key Moment

Top 2: Chandler Pollard doubles (11) on a line drive to center fielder Carter Beck, deflected by left fielder Logan Braunschweig. Arturo De Freitas scores. Evan Morrison to 3rd.

Weather: 96°F, ClearWind: 3 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 10:45 PM UTCT: 2:38Att: 737Venue: AdventHealth Stadium

Win Probability

ROM WinHCS Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HCS	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0
ROM	0	0	2	0	1	2	0

Game 821866 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Hub City Spartanburgers

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Casey Cook2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	.175/.295/.359
Maxton MartinDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	.229/.294/.431
Antonis MaciasRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277/.370/.411
Esteban Mejia3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.255/.325/.355
Brandon Crabtree1B	3	1	0	0	1	0	.000/.143/.000
Carter GarateLF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.196/.285/.290
Arturo De FreitasC	2	1	1	0	2	0	.192/.244/.329
Evan MorrisonSS	4	1	2	2	0	0	.333/.333/.500
Chandler PollardCF	4	0	1	1	0	3	.220/.301/.316
Bench
Case MatterP							.000/.000/.000
Kamdyn PerryP							.000/.000/.000
Kai WynyardP
Totals	32	4	5	4	3	6	-

2B:Morrison; Pollard

TB:7

RBI:Morrison 2; Cook; Pollard

SF:Cook

Team LOB:5

Rome Emperors

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Carter BeckCF	4	1	0	1	0	1	.182/.182/.182
Conor EssenburgRF	4	0

Pitching

Hub City Spartanburgers

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Case Matter	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	16-13	6.75
Kamdyn PerryL	3.0	4	5	5	3	1	78-42	10.07
Kai WynyardBS	1.0	1	0	0	2	3	27-13	7.00
Luke Savage	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	32-17	6.34
Totals	8.0	5	5	5	6	7	153-85	-

HBP:Miller (by Perry); Miller (by Perry)

Inherited runners-scored:Wynyard 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Matter 16-13; Perry 78-42; Wynyard 27-13; Savage 32-17

Groundouts-flyouts:Matter 2-3; Perry 3-4; Wynyard 0-0; Savage 4-0

Rome Emperors

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Ethan Bagwell	3.2	4	4	4	2	1	0	63-39	3.83
Jacob Shafer

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • HCS

4-0

Casey Cook out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Conor Essenburg. Evan Morrison scores. Chandler Pollard to 3rd.

3-0

Chandler Pollard doubles (11) on a line drive to center fielder Carter Beck, deflected by left fielder Logan Braunschweig. Arturo De Freitas scores. Evan Morrison to 3rd.

2-0

Evan Morrison singles on a line drive to center fielder Carter Beck. Brandon Crabtree scores. Carter Garate scores. Arturo De Freitas to 3rd.

Bot 3 • ROM

4-1

Colby Jones grounds out, shortstop Evan Morrison to first baseman Brandon Crabtree. Cade Doughty scores. Logan Braunschweig to 3rd.

4-2

Carter Beck grounds out, second baseman Casey Cook to first baseman Brandon Crabtree. Logan Braunschweig scores.

Bot 5 • ROM

4-3

Conor Essenburg singles on a line drive to center fielder Chandler Pollard. Carter Beck scores. Conor Essenburg to 2nd.

Bot 6 • ROM

4-4

Tanner Smith doubles (1) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Antonis Macias. Cody Miller scores. Will Verdung to 3rd.

4-5

Colby Jones walks. Will Verdung scores. Tanner Smith to 3rd. Logan Braunschweig to 2nd.

Bench
Ethan BagwellP							.000/.000/.000
Jacob ShaferP							.000/.000/.000
Tyler SchoffP							.000/.000/.000