FL Joliet Slammers

Slammers Lose to Florence 4-1 on Friday Night

Published on August 15, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


The Joliet Slammers-Presented by ATI Physical Therapy-fall to the Florence Freedom 4-1 on Friday night in suburban Cincinnati.

The Slammers scored in the top of the 1st inning on a RBI single from Grant DeBruin, his 48th RBI on the season. That also became a Frontier League-best 109th hit on the season. He entered the game with a .351 batting average, second best in the league. In the bottom of the 1st Frontier picked up a 2-out 2-run homer from Jacob Tanis to take a 2-1 lead against Joliet's Andrew Strenge. He lasted three innings in his surprise start and allowed just those two runs on two hits and struck out three. Ethan Carter then came on and continued to shut down the Florence offense. On the other side however, Freedom starter Casey Henn was even more brilliant. He allowed two hits in that 1st inning when Joliet scored, but after that he went six more innings and did not allow a single hit. Henn left after 7 innings with the one run allowed on two hits with three strikeouts and scattered five walks. Carter pitched four shutout innings out of the bullpen but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the 8th. With the bases loaded and one out, Zak Blair lofted a single to left and it scored two runs to make the score 4-1. Pete Levitt came on in relief of Henn and shut out Joliet over the final two innings but did give up a single to Max Casper in the 9th. It was Joliet's 1st hit since the 1st inning. Chris Epps drew two more walks on the day and has reached base in every Slammers game since July 28th.

The Slammers play game two against the Florence Freedom in suburban Cincinnati on Saturday at 5:05pm central time. They wrap of the three-game series on Sunday at 4:05pm central. Joliet returns home to play Rockford in a three-game set that begins with a 2-dollar Tuesday on August 19th at 7:05pm. Slammers action this summer is broadcast live on 1340 WJOL and wjol.com. The audio/video feed of home games this season can be seen for free at independentprofessionalbaseball.com.

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