CornBelters Late Rallies Fall Short
June 21, 2017 - Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
*NORMAL, Ill.* - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, had tying runs on base in the final two innings but fell short in a 2-1 loss to the Florence Freedom in a battle of first- and second-place teams on Tuesday night at the Corn Crib.
The Freedom opened the scoring right away on back-to-back doubles by Daniel Fraga and Taylor Oldham on the first two at-bats of the contest.
The CornBelters evened the score in the second inning as Justin Fletcher led off with a double, took third on a fly out and scored on a sacrifice to center field by Miguel Torres.
The guests grabbed a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning when Garrett Vail scored from third base on a wild pitch with two outs.
The Belters put a runner at third in the eighth inning when Yeixon Ruiz singled with one out, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch, but was cut down at the plate on a fly ball with an on-target throw from Collins Cuthrell.
Normal put two runners aboard in the ninth with a pair of one-out walks, but closer Matt Pobereyko recorded two strikeouts to end the game for his tenth save.
Marty Anderson (5-1) earned the win with seven and one-third innings, giving up one earned run on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts. Julio Vivas (3-2) suffered the loss with the same amount of work, giving up two earned runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
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