August 28 Florence Freedom Game Notes
August 28, 2015 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
FLORENCE FREEDOM (44-43) vs. FRONTIER GREYS (39-48)
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 7:05 p.m. ET
UC Health Stadium - Florence, KY
Game #88 - Home Game #46 (44-43), (21-24)
RHP #32 Jeremy Gooding (6-4, 2.92 ERA) vs. RHP #16 Bobby Shore (5-7, 4.22 ERA)
Last time out...
The Freedom won a crucial game on Thursday as they knocked off the Rockford Aviators by a final score of 5-3. After falling behind 2-0, Freedom starter Coleman Stephens retired 10 in a row and Florence tallied three runs in the fourth. Austin Newell got things started against Kyle Brueggemann (6-6) with a single. Sam Eberle followed with a walk and Frazier Hall singled home Newell for Florence's first run of the game. A Josh Henderson sacrifice fly tied the game at two and Travis Weaver's RBI grounder made it 3-2 in favor of Florence. Rockford tallied the game in the top of the sixth. But in the bottom of the sixth, the Freedom took the lead for good. Hall walked to start the inning. Josh Henderson hit into a fielder's choice and Isaac Wenrich doubled to put runners at second and third. Rockford called upon Eric Cendejas, who surrendered a two-RBI single to Weaver as Florence pulled ahead 5-3. The Freedom's bullpen took care of the rest.
For Starters...
Jeremy Gooding makes his 14th start of the year tonight for the Freedom. He is coming off a dominating performance against the Schaumburg Boomers on August 23 as Gooding tossed six innings of shutout ball, allowing only two hits while striking out six without issuing a walk in a 5-0 win for the Freedom. Over the last 15.2 innings Gooding has pitched at home he has not allowed an earned run. This is his first home start since August 5 when he went six innings of shutout ball against Normal. The 24 year old went to school at Madonna University in Michigan. He made his professional debut in 2014 with the Fort Worth Cats of the United League. He also pitched with Amarillo of the American Association in 2014 and compiled a record of 2-2 with a 1.62 ERA in 8 starts between the two organizations. He struck out 56 batters in 55.2 innings and tossed two complete games with one shutout.
The playoff chase...
The Freedom are currently 1 game back of the Rockford Aviators in the Wild Card race for the final playoff spot with nine games remaining in the regular season. Florence holds the tiebreaker if they finish with the same record as Rockford.
Against the Greys...
The Freedom are 2-1 this season against the Greys. They took two of three from the Greys May 19-21, winning games by scores of 5-1 and 9-0.
Heading in opposite directions...
The Freedom have won 8 out of their last 10 games while the Greys have lost 9 out of their last 10 games.
Getting on base...
Frazier Hall is fitting right in with the Freedom's philosophy of working the count. Through 19 games with Florence he's drawn 18 walks and has a team-high .461 OBP. Overall, the Freedom have drawn 320 walks this season, the third most in the league.
Five or more...
Florence is 32-4 when scoring five or more runs in a game this season.
Lock 'em down...
The Freedom's bullpen has gotten better every month. In May, Florence's bullpen had an ERA of 4.74. That went down to 3.16 in June, 2.34 in July and the bullpen's ERA in the month of August is 2.11. Overall, Florence's bullpen has an ERA of 2.97 this season.
Back on track in August...
After a rough start to the month, Florence currently sports a winning record of 13-10 in August.
Offensive revival...
After only hitting .223 as a team in the month of July, the Freedom are hitting .275 as a team in August. Sam Eberle is leading the way as usual this month with a .360 average, 1 HR and 11 RBI.
Tonight's Special Jersey...
Daniel Fraga is wearing the blue #61 jersey tonight to raise money for the Brain Injury Alliance of Kentucky.
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