Freedom Rally to Beat Miners
June 20, 2015 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
Steve Carrillo Receives Congratulations of Florence Freedom Teammates
(Florence Y'alls, Credit: Toni Hanson)
(Florence, KY) -The Florence Freedom (13-19), presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, used a three run seventh inning to defeat the Southern Illinois Miners (20-12) 6-4 at UC Health Stadium Saturday night.
Trailing 3-0 heading to the bottom half of the fifth inning, Florence got two back. Travis Weaver led off with a walk. Justin Harris singled to put runners on first and second. Daniel Fraga singled to score Weaver. The Freedom pulled off a double steal and Austin Newell drove in Harris with a sacrifice fly.
Trailing 4-2 heading to the bottom of the seventh inning, Florence took their first lead of the game. Collins Cuthrell hustled for an infield single. Gaby Juarbe, who pinch-hit for Cody Bishop, singled, and Zack Burling pinch ran to set up runners on first and second with one out. Steve Carrillo laced a double into the right-center field gap that plated Burling and Cuthrell to tie the game at four. Carrillo moved to third on a wild pitch and came in to score the go-ahead run on a Weaver RBI single.
Freedom starter Cody Gray went four innings allowing three runs while fanning two in his professional debut.
The Florence bullpen tossed five innings and allowed only a single run. Jason Postill pitched two and two thirds innings allowing only one run while striking out one. Pete Levitt (1-0) got the final out of the seventh inning to pick up the win. Ethan Gibbons shut the door in the eighth and Ed Kohout tossed a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his fifth save of the season.
Florence got an insurance run in the eighth inning. Fraga led off with a single and stole second. Sam Eberle brought Fraga home on a RBI single to extend the lead to 6-4.
The Freedom return to action Sunday evening against the Miners as they look to take the series. Coleman Stephens (2-3, 4.54 ERA) takes the hill for Florence. Get your tickets here to watch the Freedom in action all season long. First pitch on Sunday is set for 6:05 p.m. eastern time.
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The Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, are members of the Frontier League of Professional Baseball. The Frontier League is the oldest continuously operating independent professional league, entering its 23rd season in 2015. For more information about the Frontier League visit www.frontierleague.com.
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