Beach Bums Fall Behind Early in Loss to Florence
July 19, 2018 - Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
FLORENCE, KY - The Traverse City Beach Bums(28-28) gave up three unearned runs in the first two innings, on their way to dropping a 6-1 decision to the Florence Freedom(28-28).
In the early going of tonight's action, a couple of errors gave the Beach Bums some fits, and Florence some runs. In the first, Skyler Ewing drove in a run on a groundout then Xavier Turner hit an RBI single. The following inning yielded a Harrison White RBI fielder's choice, giving Florence a 3-0 lead. With two outs in the third, Keivan Burges rocked a three run homer over the right field wall, doubling the Freedom advantage.
The Beach Bums were finally able to break through onto the scoreboard in the top of the ninth inning. Isaac Benard led off by reaching on an infield single then moved to second when Will Kengor walked. Two batters later, Alexis Rivera laced a double down the right field line, scoring Benard to make it 6-1 but the threat would end there.
Florence starter, Christian DeLeon, took a no-hitter into the sixth on his way to tonight's win. He gave up one hit and two walks while he struck out eight, improving his record to 4-2. John Havird suffered the loss, working through five innings, allow six runs, three earned, on five hits and three walks. He fallas to 3-5.
Friday night, the Beach Bums hit the road for the second half of their current six game trip, taking on the Gateway Grizzlies at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, IL. Getting the start for Gateway is Christian DeLeon and Reinaldo Lopez goes for the Beach Bums. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05pm eastern and Tom Willms will have the call, starting with the Budweiser pregame show, at 7:45. You can listen along from anywhere in the world at TCBeachBums.com.
Wednesdays in 2018 are Double Header Nights, offering fans a chance to watch TWO games for the price of ONE! The Bums will take on the Lake Erie Crushers in the fourth double header of the season, on July 25th, so come on out for double the fun that you won't want to miss. Gates open at 4pm for a 5:05 first pitch. For information and tickets, go to TCBeachBums.com or call the office at (231) 943-0100.
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