July 3, 2013 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Normal,IL-The Florence Freedom improved to 25-15 and moved into a first place tie in the Frontier League East with Traverse City after a 6-4 win over the Normal CornBelters Tuesday night at The Corn Crib.

Jacob Tanis launched his sixth homerun of the season in the fourth which gave the Freedom a 2-1 lead. It was a two run shot for Tanis over the left field wall. Jeremy Hamilton hit a two run homer of his own in the fifth which gave the Freedom a 5-1 lead. It was Hamilton's third of the year.

David Carrillo who made his first professional start also contributed an RBI as did Pablo Bermudez.

Freedom starter Michael Oros(4-0) remained perfect on the season. He pitched 5.1 innings giving up six hits on two earned runs while striking out four.

Daniel DeSimone pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth inning for the Freedom. Jorge Marban then nailed down a 1-2-3 save in the ninth. It was his twelfth save of the year, which leads the Frontier League.

The Freedom will continue their series Wednesday night with Normal. The Freedom will have RHP Justice French(0-2 4.77) on the mound. The CornBelterrs will feature RHP Tyler Lavine(2-3, 3.13). The game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 7:45 pm on radio station 1320 AM and gospel1320.com.

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Freedom Homer Their Way Past CornBelters