Freedom Bats Silent in Loss to Schaumburg
July 22, 2014 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
(Florence, KY) - Hunter Ackerman (2-1) went seven shutout innings and the Florence Freedom (22-31) fell to the Schaumburg Boomers (31-24) by a score of 5-1 Tuesday night at UC Health Stadium.
Florence recorded seven hits in the loss but only managed two hits through the first six innings.
While Ackerman was throwing his gem, the Boomers took the lead against Chuck Weaver (4-4) in the second. Tyler Sciacca singled to start the frame and Mark Nelson followed with a single of his own. Michael Valadez bunted the runners over and Jordan Dean hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Sciacca and give the Boomers a 1-0 lead.
The score would remain 1-0 until the seventh. With one out Alexi Colon singled and Joe De Pinto launched a two-run home run to extend Schaumburg's lead to 3-0. They would add an unearned run in the eighth and one more in the ninth to open up a 5-0 advantage.
Florence scored their lone run in the bottom of the ninth when Sam Eberle scored on a wild pitch.
Ackerman went seven innings, giving up no runs on four hits, walking one and striking out five to get the victory. Weaver went seven and two thirds innings, scattered nine hits, gave up four runs, three of which were earned, walked two and struck out six in the loss.
The Freedom play a Day/Night Double Header against Schaumburg on Wednesday. First pitch of game one is set for 11:05 a.m. eastern time. First pitch for game two is at 6:35 p.m. eastern time.
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