Big Fifth Inning Leads Freedom Past Riverhawks
by Andrew Kappes
June 19, 2007 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls
Florence, Kentucky: A good Monday crowd of 2,706 fans came out to Champion Window Field for Dollar Monday. It was the concluding game of a six game homestand that saw the Freedom struggle against Windy City at home. The struggles were put in the rear view mirror last night.
The Freedom scored early and often, Beau Blacken doubled in Reggie Watson to put the Freedom on the board first. Nick Salotti slammed his first pro homerun to left field in the second to make it a 2-0 game. The flood gates were opened in the fifth, the scoring was started on a Beau Blacken two run single. DH Josh Lex then doubled in two more. Truman Merak doubled to left center to score Eddie Gonzalez. The inning was capped off by a RBI double by Reggie Watson. In total, nine runs crossed the plate in the fifth, just one run shy of the Freedom record for runs in one inning. Rockford tried to catch up, but failed, the Freedom won 11-7.
Greg Stone snapped out of a funk, he went 3-5 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored. Reggie Watson went 2-4 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored. Ryan Basham continued his offensive streak, he went 2-3 with a double and run scored. Beau Blacken is looking like the team MVP, he went 2-4 with a double, three RBI, and a run scored. Josh Lex made his one hit count, a two run double. Nick Salotti went 2-4 with a homerun, two RBI, and a run scored. Mark Janszen (2-1 3.00 ERA) picked up the win in relief.
The Freedom now head out on a six game roadtrip, first stop is in Windy City for a three game series with the Thunderbolts. First pitch tonight is at 8:05 EST, you can follow the action with Roger Redmon on 107.9 Class-X, or on the Freedom website.
Andrew Kappes is in his third season covering the Freedom, he can be reached at andrew_kappes@yahoo.com.
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