Freedom Shut Out Boomers to Win Series
August 2, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
Florence, KY - The The Florence Freedom(37-32) got another outstanding start from Brandon Mathes as he guided the Freedom to a 3-0 victory and a series win Thursday over the Schaumburg Boomers(41-28). Mathes pitched 7 shutout innings while striking out a season high 6 batters as he improved to 2-0 on the season. Mathes has now thrown 16 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to his last which was a complete game shutout against Evansville.
Boomer starter Robby Donovan(7-4) had retired the first nine of the contest, as the game was scoreless heading into the 5th inning. Donovan walked Drew Rundle. Jim Jacquot drove Rundle in on an RBI double to left center to give the Freedom a 1-0 lead. Two batters later it was John Malloy ripping an RBI double to make it 2-0. Junior Arrojo then followed with a two-out RBI double of his own to give Florence a 3-0 advantage.
With the Freedom ahead 3-0 they turned to their bullpen which kept the shutout intact. Jose Velazquez worked a scoreless 8th, and Brennan Flick worked a 1-2-3 9th to pick up his third save of the season.
The Freedom will now have Friday and Saturday off, before the Road Warriors visit Florence on Sunday night. RHP Sheng-An Kuo(0-1, 3.18) will start for the Road Warriors while LHP Brent Choban(0-1, 4.82) gets the ball for the Freedom. Sunday's game can be heard starting at 5:50 with Steve Jarnicki on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com.
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