Freedom Pull off Big Comeback to Beat Boomers
Published on July 12, 2015 under Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
Andrew Godbold of the Florence Freedom
(Florence Y'alls)
(Schaumburg, IL) - Andrew Godbold homered to tie the game in the fifth, Daniel Fraga delivered the go-ahead single in the eighth, and the Florence Freedom (23-27), presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, pulled off their biggest comeback of 2015 in a 7-5 victory over the Schaumburg Boomers (22-28) Saturday night.
The win clinches the Freedom's fourth straight road series victory and gets them to the .500 mark (10-10) on the road this season.
Florence fell behind 5-0 after sitting through a rain delay of more than two hours before first pitch.
Willi Martin singled and advanced to second on a Fraga throwing error to start the second inning against Freedom starter Ryan Davis. Craig Massey singled him to third and Kyle Ruchim singled Martin home to put Schaumburg up 1-0. A double play plated Massey to extend the lead.
The Boomers added to their advantage in the third as Alexi Colon singled with two outs and nobody on. Mike Schulze drew a walk and Martin doubled home both runners to make it 4-0 in favor of the Boomers. Massey reached on an infield single and another Fraga throwing error allowed Martin to score on the play.
Down 5-0, the Freedom rallied against Schaumburg starter Peter Gehle in the fourth. Collins Cuthrell walked to start he frame and Andrew Godbold reached on a Gehle throwing error. With runners at first and second and nobody out, Kyle Carter singled home Cuthrell and Godbold advanced to third on the play. He scored later on a perfect bunt single from Justin Harris to cut the Schaumburg lead to 5-2.
In the top of the fifth the Freedom rallied again as Fraga got hit by a pitch. One out later Cuthrell drew a walk. That's when Godbold went deep, really deep, with a three-run home run to dead centerfield, tying the game at five. It's Godbold's first home run of the season.
The game became a battle of the bullpens after that.
Florence got to Schaumburg reliever Evan Boyd (0-1) in the top of the eighth. Sam Eberle led off with a single to left. Harris followed with a single of his own and Ozzy Gonzalez got hit by a pitch to load the bases with nobody out.
But Steve Carrillo lined out to center and Eberle got thrown out trying to score on the play, putting runners at first and second with two away.
That's when Fraga delivered an opposite field RBI single to score Harris and put Florence up 6-5.
Cuthrell provided some insurance with a solo home run in the ninth.
Florence's bullpen threw five and a third innings of shutout baseball after Davis finished with 3.2 innings of work. Davis allowed five runs, four of them earned, on seven hits, walking one and striking out three.
Former Boomer Zach Wendorf shut Schaumburg down for two innings. Pete Levitt got a huge strike out to end the sixth. Seth Harvey (2-2) pitched a scoreless seventh, earning the win. Ethan Gibbons did his thing in the eighth and Ed Kohout picked up his ninth save of the year with a scoreless ninth.
Florence looks to sweep the series as they take on the Boomers Sunday afternoon starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. Jeremy Gooding (2-2, 2.59 ERA) takes the mound for the Freedom.
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