Beach Bums clutch in Game One win
Published on August 1, 2009 under Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - The Traverse City Beach Bums drove in four runs with two outs and took game one of the series against the Florence Freedom 7-4 Saturday night at Wuerfel Park.
The Freedom were fresh off a three game sweep of the Beach Bums last weekend at Champion Window Field which kicked off with Preston Vancil tossing a no-hitter. But the big out was missing as tonight as Traverse City scored at least one run in all but three of their innings.
Florence held a lead only once coming in the sixth inning when Erold Andrus doubled in Ryan Basham with two outs to tie the game at two. Justin Pickett then followed with a triple off the center field wall to give the Freedom a 3-2 lead.
Traverse City would go on to score the game's next four runs in the sixth and seventh to knock out Freedom starter Everett Saul. Saul (9-4) was looking to tie Lake Erie's Paul Fagan for the Frontier League lead in wins, but instead ended up with the loss going 6 1/3, allowing five runs, four earned on seven hits and seven strikeouts.
The scoring was capped when Brain Lapin hit a solo homer off Jordan Towns in the eighth.
David Nathanson (4-9) picked up just his fourth win of the season after 12 victories in 2008 with Traverse City. Nathanson fanned seven and didn't allow a walk through 7 2/3 innings, he surrendered all four runs.
David Hurst tossed a 1-2-3 top of the ninth for his third save of the season.
Andrus finished 3-4 for Florence with two doubles and two runs scored. Pickett knocked Andrus in again in the eighth inning to make it 6-4; Pickett went 2-4 with two RBIs. Brad Hough was the lone other Freedom to drive in a run as the first basement went 2-4.
Florence (31-32) fell back under .500 with the loss. The Freedom take on Traverse City again Sunday night at 5:05 p.m. from Wuerfel Park. Catch the Freedom while they're on the road on Classic Country 106.7 FM WNKR.
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