Freedom Beat Rascals in Front of a Sell-Out Crowd
Published on June 29, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
(Florence, KY) - The Florence Freedom (17-20) got an outstanding performance from Cincinnati native Casey Henn (3-2) and knocked off the River City Rascals (23-16) by a final score of 4-1 Sunday night in front of a sell-out crowd of 4,266 fans at UC Health Stadium.
Henn went seven shutout innings, scattering five hits and striking out six while walking two to pick up the victory. River City threatened multiple times but ended up stranding nine men on base.
Meanwhile the Freedom were able to push across a run in the second inning without recording a hit against River City starter Tommy Organ (2-1). With two outs, Nick Stein struck out but advanced to first as the pitch was wild and got away from catcher Josh Ludy. Stein stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by Organ on an attempted pick-off. He would eventually score on a wild pitch as Florence took a 1-0 lead.
Sam Eberle clobbered his second home run of the season in the third to extend the lead to 2-0. Then the Freedom got two big insurance runs in the fourth as Adam Taylor singled and Bobby Joe Tannehill drew a walk. A balk moved both runners up 90 feet and Ryan Miller delivered a clutch two-out, two-RBI single to make it 4-0 Freedom.
River City's only run came in the eighth on a Zach Kometani RBI double.
Jorge Marban pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save of the season.
The Freedom have an off day on Monday and head to Sauget, IL on Tuesday to take on the Gateway Grizzlies in a three-game series. First pitch on Tuesday is set for 8:05 p.m. eastern time as Peter Gehle (2-2, 3.34 ERA) takes the hill for Florence.
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The Florence Freedom are members of the Frontier League of Professional Baseball. The Frontier League is the oldest continuously operating independent professional league, entering its 22nd season in 2014. For more information about the Frontier League visit www.frontierleague.com.
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