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Freedom Roll to Their Third Straight Victory

Published on July 23, 2016 under Frontier League (FL)
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Freedom Roll to Their Third Straight Victory
Freedom Roll to Their Third Straight Victory
(Florence Y'alls)

Florence, Ky. - The Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, rolled to their third straight win, an 11-4 thrashing of the Joliet Slammers.

The Freedom (26-33) scored in seven of their eight trips to the plate, including breaking the game open with two in the third, three in the fourth, and two more in the fifth, while Cody Gray allowed just one earned run in seven innings.

As Gray extended his scoreless innings streak to 18 with five straight to open up the ballgame, the Freedom broke the game open with seven runs in the first five innings.

In the first, Austin Newell singled with two outs and stole second before Andrew Godbold knocked him in with a single to center. In the second, Travis Weaver posted a sacrifice fly to put the Freedom ahead 2-0.

Daniel Fraga delivered his first home run of the season in the third and Florence plated another run to pull ahead 4-0. Newell brought around two with a single in a three-run fourth and then another in the fifth on a sacrifice fly. With Gray keeping the Slammers scoreless, Florence led 9-0 after five innings.

Joliet scored their first three runs in the sixth, snapping Gray's scoreless streak. With the score 9-3 and runners on the corners, Fraga saved a run with an outstanding defensive play. On a chopper up the middle, Fraga ranged well to his right, dove to make the stop and then flipped with his glove to Weaver, ending the inning and sending momentum back in the Freedom's direction.

Weaver posted another RBI, this time on a groundout, in the sixth before both teams added one in the eight to make the final score 11-4.

The Freedom offense received contributions from all nine starters as each player posted either a hit, a run scored, or and RBI. Newell led the club with three hits and three batted in, while Wenrich also posted three hits (one run, one RBI).

Gray tossed seven innings, allowing three runs (one earned), while tying his season-high with six strikeouts. The Freedom are now 5-1 in his six starts this season. Tanner Kiest allowed a run in the eighth with two strikeouts, while Jeremy Hutchison finished off the ninth.

Marc Flores posted the only multi-hit game for Joliet, while Sean Townsley allowed seven runs (five earned) in 3 1/3 innings in a loss.

The Freedom go for the sweep tomorrow when Davis Adkins (4-2, 3.40 ERA) takes the hill against Shane Bryant (2-2, 4.82 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. To learn more about the upcoming promotions, click here.

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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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