Freedom Playoff Bound for First Time
September 1, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
Evansville,IN-Brad Allen(4-1) pitched eight dominant innings to lead the Florence Freedom(56-39) past the Evansville Otters(45-49) with a 4-2 win to clinch their first playoff berth in franchise history.
The Freedom moved to Florence in 2003 and the 2012 club will be the first to play for a Frontier League Championship when the playoffs begin on Wednesday, September 5. Florence's first home game will come Saturday, September 8 at 6:05pm.
Allen went eight innings giving up a solo homerun to Matt Sheely in the third which was the only run he allowed. He scattered three hits during his masterpiece while striking out three.
Evansville had a 1-0 lead going into the fourth, but that's when the Freedom took control of the game.
With two on base, Eddie Rodriguez hit a two run double over the head of right fielder DeAngelo Mack to give the Freedom a 2-1 lead. Peter Fatse also provided an RBI single and Stephen Cardullo produced a SAC Fly for the other Freedom runs.
Jorge Marban pitched the ninth for the Florence. He allowed an RBI double to Luis Parache, but got Nick Schawaner to fly out to left field to end the ballgame. It was Marban's sixteenth save of the season. Peter Fatse led the Freedom going 2-4 with an RBI.
The Freedom have won five in a row and twelve out of their last thirteen as they go for a series sweep Sunday night against the Otters. It will be the regular season finale as RHP Brandon Mathes (4-0, 3.61) takes the mound for Florence while Evansville will have LHP Adam Champion(8-4, 2.44) on the hill. The game can be heard starting at 6:50 pm with Steve Jarnicki on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com.
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