Kountis Earns Franchise-Tying 19th Save in 5-4 Victory
Published on July 12, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Washington Wild Things News Release
Washington, PA - The Washington Wild Things, presented by Washington Financial, meat of the order provided the final blow as Washington defeated the Florence Freedom 5-4 Saturday at CONSOL Energy Park.
RBI singles delivered by Freedom outfielders Cole Miles and Adam Taylor gave the visitors a 3-0 advantage through three and a third innings until outfielder Stewart Ijames put the Wild Things on the scoreboard with his league-tying 15th blast of the year, 3-1.
An inning later, Things second baseman Sam Montgomery, who had a spectacular diving grab in the top of the first inning, hit an RBI single to cut the deficit 4-2. Wild Things shortstop Garrett Rau followed with a RBI double to plate Montgomery and make it a 4-3 ballgame. The next hitter, CJ Beatty, hit the go-ahead two-run home run, making it his 11th homerun of the season, for a 5-4 Wild Things lead.
A double play put out by the Wild Things defense and a strikeout to the last Freedom hitter of the night Michael Wilson in the top of the ninth earned Jonathan Kountis his league-leading 19th save. Kountis's save also ties former Washington closer DJ Barsa for the franchises most single season save record as the accomplishment was last done in 2004.
For the official box score visit: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscore.html?gameid177085 The Wild Things will look for the sweep Sunday against the Florence Freedom in a 5:05 Sunday game. Kids are invited to run the bases after the game and also stand in line for team autographs outside the main entrance, presented by GOODWILL. For tickets, call 724-250-9555.
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