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July 1 Florence Freedom Game Notes

Published on July 1, 2015 under Frontier League (FL)
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FLORENCE FREEDOM (17-23) @ ROCKFORD AVIATORS (24-13)

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 7:35 p.m. ET

Aviators Stadium - Loves Park, IL

Game #41 - Road Game #17 (17-23), (7-9)

RHP #31 Casey Henn (2-6, 3.86 ERA) vs. LHP #10 Roberto Padilla (1-1, 2.79 ERA)

Last time out...

The Freedom won a wild game with Rockford on Tuesday night as they prevailed by a final score of 7-6 in 12 innings. Florence took a 2-0 lead on a Collins Cuthrell two-run home run in the first inning. Rockford got a run back in the third but the Freedom scored two more in the fourth on RBI singles from Gaby Juarbe and Daniel Fraga. The 4-1 lead was erased in the fifth as Dusty Robinson hit a bases-clearing double to drive in three runs and even the game at four. The game remained tied at four until the 11th as the teams combined to leave 30 men on base. In the 11th, Daniel Fraga put the Freedom back on top with a RBI ground-out. But Rockford tied it in the bottom of the 11th, forcing a 12th inning. In the 12th, Sam Eberle singled home a run and Juarbe recorded his fifth hit of the night with a RBI double to make it 7-5 in favor of Florence. Rockford got one back in the bottom of the 12th but Ethan Gibbons got a 4-6-3 double play to earn the save and end the game.

For Starters...

Casey Henn threw a no-hitter in his most recent start on June 24th, an 8-0 victory over the Washington Wild Things. He struck out nine batters while walking only one over seven innings to help the Freedom win the finale of the doubleheader. It was the second no-hitter in franchise history (Preston Vancil, 2009) and the first for Henn at any level. Henn's only career outing against the Aviators was last season on May 28, a tough-luck 1-0 loss as Henn tossed six innings of one-run ball. Henn was one of the top pitchers in the entire Frontier League in 2014. He led the Freedom with nine wins and tallied a team-leading 111 strike outs, good for fourth in the league. His 2.72 ERA in 2014 was tied for the sixth lowest in the league while his 122.2 innings pitched was good for the third most in the league. Some of his notable outings included seven innings of one-run ball against Lake Erie on June 4, seven innings of shutout ball against Windy City on June 11, seven innings of shutout ball against River City on June 29, seven and a third innings of shutout ball against Lake Erie on July 18, seven innings out shutout ball against Normal on August 9, seven innings of one-run ball against Joliet on August 15 and seven and two thirds innings of shutout ball against Windy City on August 21. Henn had a sensational rookie season for the Freedom, posting a 5-0 record with a 3.67 ERA for Florence fresh out of Wright State University. In nine appearances, eight starts, Henn struck out 38 batters in 49 innings while only allowing only 39 hits.

We're going streaking!

This is the Freedom's first three-game winning streak since they started the season by winning their first four games.

Going for the series victory...

With a win tonight the Freedom will win their third consecutive road series. They won a total of two road series in all of 2014.

Hit Parade...

Last night saw the Freedom set a season-high with 17 hits and Gaby Juarbe notched five hits of his own, more than any Freedom player has recorded in a single game this season.

Excellent Eberle...

Sam Eberle has been on fire lately for the Freedom, hitting safely in nine of their last 10 games (16-40). In their most recent series against Windy City, Eberle went 7-13 with a home run and two RBI.

Walk it out...

The Freedom have drawn 152 walks, the most in the league.

Run this way...

The Freedom's 73 stolen bases this season are the most in the Frontier League. However they have also been caught stealing 29 times, the most in the league as well.

Glovework...

This is a battle of the two best fielding teams according to fielding percentage in the Frontier League. Florence checks in at #1 at .982 while Rockford is #2 at .981.

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