Freedom Sweep Doubleheader to Win Series
Published on June 28, 2015 under Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
(Crestwood, IL) - The Florence Freedom (16-23), presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, swept the Windy City ThunderBolts (15-22) in a doubleheader on Sunday, winning by scores of 6-4 in extra innings and 4-2.
The 6-4 victory in game one took eight innings in a game scheduled to go seven.
Through three innings in game one the ThunderBolts held a 2-0 lead but the Freedom rallied with one in the fourth and one more in the fifth to tie the game. In the fourth Daniel Fraga doubled to start the frame. He advanced to third on a grounder and scored on another ground ball. This one was off the bat of Collins Cuthrell and Fraga beat the throw home from Jacob Tanis.
Sam Eberle added a solo home run in the fifth to make it a brand new ballgame.
Florence tallied two runs in the seventh on a two-RBI single from Gaby Juarbe but Windy City rallied with two of their own off Ed Kohout (2-1) in the bottom half of the frame. Max White launched a solo home run to start the frame. Ransom LaLonde singled and Tyler Clark drew a walk. Coco Johnson bunted the runners over and the Freedom intentionally walked Mike Torres to load the bases.
Jonathan Garcia launched a deep drive to left and Andrew Godbold made a spectacular leaping catch to rob him of extra bases. A run scored on the sacrifice fly to tie the game but Godbold's catch kept Florence alive in the contest. After Florence intentionally walked Austin Gallagher, Kohout retired Jacob Tanis to end the frame.
Per league rules, all doubleheader games are seven innings long. So the ballgame went to extra innings tied at four. Florence tallied two runs in the top of the eighth with two outs. Kyle Carter started the two-out rally with a walk. A dropped third strike allowed Cuthrell to reach. Godbold drew a walk to load the bases for Justin Harris.
Harris delivered with a single to right-center, driving in two runs and putting Florence up 6-4.
Kohout earned the win as he tossed a scoreless bottom of the eighth to wrap up game one.
In game two Tony Vocca (2-0) and Jake Fisher (1-4) went toe-to-toe for five innings each of scoreless baseball.
Florence broke through against Fisher in the sixth, scoring four runs. Carter started the rally with a lead-off double. Cuthrell singled him to third and Godbold singled Carter home to make it 1-0 in favor of Florence. A Sam Eberle single loaded the bases with nobody out and one run in. With one away, Steve Carrillo singled home two runs to make it 3-0. Then Eberle scored on a wild pitch for some more insurance.
Windy City hit back-to-back homers off Vocca in the bottom of the sixth. But Jason Postill came in and got the final two outs of the frame.
Ethan Gibbons worked a scoreless seventh to earn his first save of the year.
With the doubleheader sweep the Freedom earn their second consecutive road series victory. They won two road series in all of 2014.
Florence is off on Monday but they return to action on Tuesday as they visit the Rockford Aviators at 7:35 p.m. eastern time. Chuck Weaver (2-1, 3.74 ERA) takes the hill for Florence. Fans can tune in at http://mixlr.com/florencefreedom/.
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The Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, are members of the Frontier League of Professional Baseball. The Frontier League is the oldest continuously operating independent professional league, entering its 23rd season in 2015. For more information about the Frontier League visit www.frontierleague.com.
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