FL Florence Y'alls

July 5 Florence Freedom Game Notes

Published on July 5, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release


Saturday, July 5, - 6:05 p.m. ET

UC Health Stadium - Florence, KY

Game #42- Home Game #25 (19-22), (14-10)

RHP #31 Casey Henn (3-2, 3.53 ERA) vs. LHP #35 Zac Fuesser (3-1, 2.38 ERA)

Last time out...

The Florence Freedom (19-22) scored three runs in the second inning and never trailed in a 5-3 victory over the Washington Wild Things (27-16) in front of 3,099 fans at UC Health Stadium on Friday night. Rookie Michael O'Neal (1-0) made his professional debut for Florence and went five innings, scattering four hits, and only giving up two runs to earn the victory. Cole Miles delivered a RBI single in the second and a throwing error by Stewart Ijames allowed another run to score. Zak Blair smacked a RBI single as well to make it 3-0 in favor of Florence. The Wild Things responded with a two-run home run from Maxx Garrett in the fourth. Sam Eberle clobbered his second home run in as many games in the fifth to extend the lead to 4-2. A Ryan Solberg RBI double in the sixth provided some more insurance. Washington pushed across a run in the ninth but Jorge Marban got his seventh save of the season.

For Starters...

Casey Henn is making his ninth start of the season tonight and is coming off a sensational outing against the River City Rascals on June 29. In that start he went seven shutout innings, scattering five hits, walking two and striking out six in the Freedom's 4-1 win. In Henn's previous start against Washington on May 17, he went six innings and gave up three runs in a no-decision. His 46 strike outs are currently sixth most in the Frontier League. 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.

Going for the series win...

The Freedom are looking to win their sixth home series of the year and their second against Washington with a victory tonight. They are 5-3 in home series on the season.

Against Bart Zeller...

Freedom manager Fran Riordan is 25-3 against Washington manager Bart Zeller in his career. Riordan's Florence squad went a combined 12-0 against Zeller's Joliet squad in 2011 and 2012.

Mr. Clutch...

Ben Kline is hitting .224 overall on the season but he turns into a star when runners are in scoring position for the Freedom. He is hitting .357 in 28 at bats with nine RBI with RISP.

Where's the offense?!

The Freedom have the lowest team batting average in the Frontier League at .228 and have scored the fewest runs with 154 runs on the season. The Freedom have scored less than three runs in a game 15 times this year and are 1-14 when they do so.

Staley Smash...

Joe Staley leads the Freedom in home runs (5) and RBI (25).

Fast starts...

The Freedom have out-scored opponents 28-19 in the first inning. The plus nine run differential is the biggest of any inning for Florence.

My Oh Miles...

Cole Miles has already matched his career high in home runs with four this season. He leads the team in batting average at .316. His 10 steals are also tops on the team.

Transaction Wire...

The Freedom released LHP Brent Choban, INF Bobby Joe Tannehill, INF Ryan Miller and OF Nick Stein yesterday. They signed LHP Michael O'Neal, OF Ryan Solberg and INF Zak Blair.

Tonight's Special Jerseys...

The Freedom are wearing special patriotic jerseys today that will be auctioned off after the game to benefit the Kentucky National Guard Memorial Fund. As a result Zak Blair is wearing #10 today, instead of his normal #11.

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