May 22, 2014 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom (Florence, KY) - The Florence Freedom (4-2) got some good pitching performances but the offense scored only a combined four runs and the defense made a combined three errors as the Freedom were swept by the Traverse City Beach Bums (3-3) in a double header Thursday by scores of 5-3 and 3-1. <\/p>\n
Game one of the twin bill picked up where Wednesday's game left off, in the bottom of the third with the Freedom up 1-0. Traverse City was able to tie the game in the fifth thanks to a RBI double from Jake Rhodes to score Sean Gusrang, who had walked against Adam Krebs. <\/p>\n
But Florence looked like they might just pull game one of the twin bill out as they re-took the lead in the seventh on a Sam Eberle RBI double to score Joe Staley. <\/p>\n
Traverse City would answer right away in the eighth inning as reliever Pete Levit hit a batter and walked a batter to start the inning. A sacrifice bunt moved the runners over and a RBI grounder from Jeff DeBlieux tied the game. Jose Vargas would give the Beach Bums the lead with a RBI single. <\/p>\n
Florence refused to back down in the back and forth affair. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Nick Stein drew a walk. He stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Stein would score on another wild pitch to tie the game. Jacob Tanis singled but was picked off to end the inning. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately for Florence, their defense let them down in the ninth. Daniel DeSimone (2-1) gave up a double to Sean Gusrang. Rob Benedict reached on an error by Niko Gallego, putting runners at the corners with one away. Chris Cowell drew a walk and that was it for DeSimone. Edgar Valle entered the game and struck out Taylor Wrenn for out number two. But Scott Woodward delivered the big blow, a two-RBI single to give the Beach Bums a 5-3 lead for good. Both runs were unearned due to the Gallego error. <\/p>\n
Game two of the double header saw the Freedom only manage one run despite multiple opportunities. A Vargas single scored Shaun Cooper to get the scoring started right away for the Beach Bums in the first against Dave Middendorf (1-1). <\/p>\n
The Freedom had Traverse City starter Alex Gillingham (1-1) on the ropes all game. In the first they hit back-to-back to singles. But a double play killed the momentum. Joe Staley even drew a walk after the double play but they still came up empty handed. In the second inning Clark Murphy and Nick Stein walked to start the frame. But a strikeout and another double play ended the frame. Then the Freedom left the bases loaded in the third when Murphy struck out. <\/p>\n
They finally broke through in the fourth inning as Stein singled and scored on a two-out single from Cole Miles to tie the game at one. <\/p>\n
Staley drew a one-out walk in the fifth but the Beach Bums turned their third double play of the game to end the inning. <\/p>\n
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