Freedom Slug Way Past Washington
August 2, 2015 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
Ozzy Gonzalez of the Florence Freedom
(Florence Y'alls, Credit: Toni Hanson)
(Washington, PA) - The Florence Freedom (31-35), presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, took the series finale with the Washington Wild Things (29-37) by a final score of 8-5 on Sunday.
The eight runs scored by the Freedom were the most runs they've scored since they plated 12 against Schaumburg the game before the All-Star break. It was also more runs then they'd scored in their previous three games combined. With the victory the Freedom snapped a three-game losing streak and a five-game losing streak at CONSOL Energy Park.
Florence scored five runs in the second inning to take a commanding lead and hung on from there to win. Sam Eberle got things started with a double off Luke Wilkins (5-3). One out later Ozzy Gonzalez singled him home. After Travis Weaver reached on an error and Steve Carrillo walked, Daniel Fraga singled home two runs. Zac Mitchell followed with a two-RBI single of his own to make it 5-0 in favor of Florence.
Andrew Godbold crushed his second homer of the season in the third to extend the lead to 6-0.
Maxx Garrett responded with his second home run of the series in the bottom of the third. Then Carter Bell launched a three-run homer in the fourth to cut the Freedom lead to 6-4.
But Gonzalez hit his first professional home run in the sixth, a two-run shot to put Florence up 8-4.
Washington pushed across another run in the seventh but a combination of Cody Gray, Austin Delmotte, Pete Levitt (3-2), Zach Wendorf and Chuck Weaver was enough for the Freedom to hang on for the victory. Weaver earned his first professional save with a scoreless ninth.
The Freedom have two off days before they return home on Wednesday to take on the Normal CornBelters in a scheduled doubleheader. First pitch of game one is set for 5:35 p.m. Between games Jose Canseco will participate in a home run derby presented by Save Discount Drugs. Details and tickets are here.
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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 23rdseason in 2015. For more information about the Frontier League visit www.frontierleague.com.
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