July 27 Florence Freedom Game Notes
Published on July 27, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
FLORENCE FREEDOM (25-33) @ SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS (35-25)
Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 6:05 p.m. ET
Rent One Park - Marion, IL
Game #59 - Road Game #24 (25-33), (6-17)
LHP #33 Michael O'Neal (1-1, 4.29 ERA) vs. RHP #16 Miguel Ramirez (4-4, 4.08 ERA)
Last time out...
The Freedom fell by a score of 3-1 to Rockford on Saturday. Rockford got all the runs they needed off Florence starter Chuck Weaver (4-5) in the third inning. Kyle Dhanani singled to start the frame. Ryan Breen drew a walk and Tanner Witt walked to load the bases. A Michael Hur single drove in the first run of the game and one out later a fielder's choice off the bat of Dusty Robinson made it 2-0 in favor of the Aviators. An error by left fielder Zak Blair on a fly ball off the bat of Kenny Bryant allowed Rockford to score another run and take a 3-0 lead. Florence responded in the bottom of the third with their only run of the game. With one out Preston Overbey doubled for his first professional hit. Chance Ross delivered a two-out RBI single to make the score 3-1 in favor of Rockford. Ryan Zimmerman (4-4) went eight innings, giving up one run on four hits, walking one and striking out seven to earn the win.
For Starters...
Michael O'Neal makes his fourth start of the season for the Freedom and his first professional start on the road. In his most recent outing O'Neal got a no-decision as he went four and two thirds innings, giving up two runs on five hits in a 5-2 win over the Schaumburg Boomers on July 23. O'Neal pitched two seasons at Auburn University after transferring from Chattahoochee Valley Community College. He threw 10 complete games for Chattahoochee Valley in 2011 as a freshman and posted a 3.65 ERA as a sophomore in 2012. O'Neal had an outstanding season for Auburn in 2013 as he went 8-4 with a 2.73 ERA in 14 starts with two complete games. He held opponents to a .223 batting average in 2013. His 89 innings pitched led the Tigers and was eighth in the SEC.
Mining...
The Freedom have a 2-1 record against the Southern Illinois Miners so far in 2014. They took two out of three from Southern Illinois at UC Health Stadium June 13-15. The first game of the series was an 11-inning loss and the next two games were one-run wins, including a walk-off home run from Rob Kelly in the rubber match.
Road woes...
The Freedom's record of 6-17 on the road is the second worst road record in the league. Only the Windy City ThunderBolts (6-20) are worse away from home. Florence has not won a road series so far in 2014.
Five is the magic number...
When they Freedom score five or more runs they have a 16-6 record on the season.
To open...
The Freedom have a record of 9-11 in series openers so far in 2014.
Mr. Clutch...
All-Star Sam Eberle is hitting a team-leading .352 with runners in scoring position this season. However the Freedom are only hitting .227 overall in that situation. That average drops to .216 as a team with runners in scoring position and two outs.
Where's the offense?!
The Freedom's team batting average of .229 is last in the Frontier League. Their 219 runs scored are the fewest in the league.
Excellent Eberle...
All-Star Sam Eberle leads the Freedom in On-Base Percentage at .420. He also leads the team in multiple hit games with 18.
Transaction Wire...
The Freedom released INF Ben Kline, INF Caleb Bryson and RHP Edgar Valle on Friday. They activated Chance Ross from the 7-Day Disabled List. Florence acquired RHP Chris Squires from the Kansas City T-Bones for a player to be named later and they signed INF Preston Overbey.
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