August 27 Florence Freedom Game Notes
August 27, 2014 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
FLORENCE FREEDOM (39-48) @ JOLIET SLAMMERS (34-54)
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 8:05 p.m. ET
Silver Cross Field - Joliet, IL
Game #88 - Road Game #37 (39-48), (11-25)
RHP #31 Casey Henn (8-5, 2.69 ERA) vs. RHP #21 Kody McFarland (4-4, 4.19 ERA)
Last time out...
Cincinnati native Dave Middendorf (5-7) went seven strong innings, Gaby Juarbe drove in three runs and the Florence Freedom (39-48) knocked off the Joliet Slammers (34-54) by a final score of 6-1 Tuesday night in front of 651 fans in Joliet. Juarbe and Cole Miles delivered RBI singles in the fifth to put Florence up 2-0. A wild pitch allowed a Joliet run to score in the bottom of the fifth but that is all they would get against Florence pitching. Middendorf was outstanding, going seven innings, scattering six hits, allowing only one run, walking no one and striking out three. Florence pulled away from Joliet in the ninth. Sam Eberle walked and Jacob Tanis launched his sixth home run of the season to put the Freedom up 4-1. With the bases loaded later in the inning, Juarbe came up big again with a two-RBI single to right field and Florence took a 6-1 lead. Daniel DeSimone picked up the save for Florence.
Casey Henn makes his 18th start of the season tonight for the Freedom. He is coming off three consecutive outstanding starts including his most recent one, a 3-0 win over the Windy City ThunderBolts. In that outing Henn went seven and two thirds innings of shutout ball, striking out a career high 12 batters, walking only two and allowing only four hits. Henn's 98 strike outs are currently tied for the third most in the Frontier League. He beat Joliet on August 15, going seven innings of one-run ball, allowing only two hits, walking five and striking out three in a 4-1 win. Henn had a sensational rookie season for the Freedom, posting a 5-0 record with a 3.67 ERA for Florence fresh out of Wright State University. In nine appearances, eight starts, Henn struck out 38 batters in 49 innings while only allowing only 39 hits.
Going for the series win...
With a victory tonight the Freedom would win their fifth series out of the last six series they've played. They would also clinch the season series against Joliet. It would be the third season series the Freedom have won this year. They took five of nine from Washington and six of nine from Windy City.
More Juarbe...
Gaby Juarbe tallied three RBI last night, his first career multi-RBI game.
Trying to finish .500...
The Freedom need to win all nine of their remaining games to finish with a .500 record in 2014.
Slammin'...
The Freedom's record against the Slammers this season is 3-1. They have held Joliet to three or fewer runs in all four games.
Hitting issues...
Florence has the worst team batting average in the league (.239) and the fewest runs scored (345).
Save me...
With former closer Jorge Marban moving into the rotation, RHP Ed Kohout has picked up six saves in the month of August. The bullpen is 9 for 9 in save opportunities this month.
Road woes...
The Freedom have a record of 11-25 on the road, tied for the fewest road wins in the league.
Excellent Eberle...
Sam Eberle leads the league in On-Base Percentage at .449 and has reached base safely in 29 consecutive games.
A Hot August...
This season the Freedom have already won more games in the month of August (13) than any other month this season.
Leading after six...
The Freedom have an impressive record of 30-5 when leading after six innings.
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