Beach Bums Snap Florence's Winning Streak
July 18, 2015 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
(Traverse City, MI) - The Florence Freedom (25-28), presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, fell victim to the big inning on Saturday as the Traverse City Beach Bums (32-19) scored three times in the eighth to knock off Florence by a final score of 4-1.
The loss snaps the Freedom's five-game winning streak.
Florence fell behind early as Yazy Arbelo smashed a solo home run off Chuck Weaver (3-2) in the second inning.
Weaver was outstanding after that but Florence's offense couldn't get anything going against Traverse City starter Luis DeJesus, who went seven innings, allowing only one run on three hits, walking one and striking out eight.
Florence's lone run came in the seventh as Collins Cuthrell went deep for his team-leading seventh homer of the year to tie the game at one.
But it all came undone in the eighth for the Freedom. With one out and nobody on, Jeff DeBlieux worked an 11-pitch walk.
It was the only walk of the game allowed by Weaver but it was a big one. DeBlieux promptly stole second and Alex Tomasovich singled him home to put Traverse City up 2-1. Jose Vargas followed with a single of his own to put runners at the corners with one out.
That was it for Weaver as Seth Harvey came in for Florence. Harvey struck out Brandon Jacobs but allowed back-to-back RBI singles to Reggie Lawson and Arbelo to put Traverse City up 4-1. All three runs in the inning were charged to Weaver as he ended up with a line of seven and a third innings, eight hits, four runs, all of them earned, one walk and six strike outs. Weaver's only two losses this year have come against the Beach Bums.
The Freedom will look to win their fifth straight road series Sunday night as they send Jeremy Gooding (3-2, 2.61 ERA) to the hill. First pitch is set for 5:05 p.m. eastern time.
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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 23rd season in 2015. For more information about the Frontier League visit www.frontierleague.com.
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