Big Inning Gives Otters Sweep
June 12, 2016 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
Collins Cuthrell of the Florence Freedom
(Florence Y'alls)
Florence, Ky. - The Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, took a big lead early, but Evansville fought back with an eight-run seventh inning and completed the sweep with a 12-10 victory.
The Freedom (7-19) put up nine runs in the first four innings, taking their largest lead of the season.
Trailing 1-0 in the first, Daniel Fraga led off the inning with a walk and Austin Newell drove him in with a one-out double to the right-center field gap. With two away, Collins Cuthrell launched his third home run of the year to left and the Freedom took the lead 3-1.
Florence added two more in the second as Newell drove in his second run of the game with a groundout to the right side and then Andrew Godbold added on to the hit parade with a run-scoring single. Leading 5-1 after three innings, the Freedom took their largest lead of the season by plating four runs in the fourth. Five consecutive hits from Travis Weaver, Fraga, Taylor Oldham, Newell, and Godbold, along with a sacrifice fly from Cuthrell put the Freedom ahead by eight. Through four innings, Florence knocked around 11 hits.
Evansville pulled back to 9-3 in the top of the fifth, which saw an end for Brandon Bargas' day. The Florence starter bounced back from a couple of tough outings with 4 2/3 innings of three-run ball. He walked three and struck out four, while allowing seven hits.
Pete Levitt came in to get the final out of the fifth and T.J. Bozeman pitched a 1-2-3 sixth, but the wheels came off for the Freedom in the seventh.
Bozeman allowed four hits to lead off the inning, which prompted the Freedom to bring Tony Vocca into the game. Two errors and two hits later, the Otters had the lead by a score of 11-9. In total, Evansville scored eight runs in the inning on six hits, and two Florence errors.
The Freedom took advantage of three Evansville errors to score a run without a hit in the eighth, but the Otters added an insurance run in the ninth off of Brandon Maddern and rode the backend of their bullpen to the sweep.
Godbold finished with three hits for the Freedom, while Newell and Cuthrell both drove in three and Fraga scored a team-high three runs. Maddern was the final Freedom pitcher and allowed two hits and one run in his two innings of work.
Nik Balog led the Evansville offense with four hits and three RBIs, Josh Allen and Christopher Riopedre also chipped in with three hits. The Otters used seven pitchers in the game with Tyler Thompson taking the win. Randy McCurry earned his third save in as many nights.
The Freedom look to bounce back on Tuesday when they travel to Marion, Ill. to face the Southern Illinois Miners. Patrick McGrath (1-2, 8.43 ERA) will take the hill for Florence against Josh Kimborowitz (4-0, 3.09 ERA) with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Central time.
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The Florence Freedom are members of the 12-team professional Independent Frontier League and play a 96 game schedule, with 48 home games at UC Health Stadium, located at 7950 Freedom Way in Florence, Kentucky. In 2015, the Frontier League recognized the Freedom as the league's organization of the year and awarded the team with the league's All-Star event. The 2016 season will mark the 13th year the Freedom have played in Florence.
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