August 10, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Avon, OH-The Florence Freedom(41-35) put together a fourteen hit attack and registered a 9-3 win over the Lake Erie Crushers(42-34)on a chilly Friday night at All Pro Freight Stadium. <\/p>\n
Freedom starter Brent Choban(1-1) earned his first pro victory by pitching 6 strong innings of 8 hit baseball while striking out two. The only runs he gave up was a three run double in the 6th to Daniel Bowman with the Freedom already leading at the time 9-0. <\/p>\n
The Freedom built a 3-0 advantage against Crusher starter Eric Gonzalez(6-7) in the 3rd. Kyle Bluestein led off the inning with a single. Two batters later it was David Harris belting his 9th homerun of the season to put the Freedom ahead 2-0. Junior Arrojo who reached on an error also scored on a wild pitch in the inning. <\/p>\n
The Freedom then put the game out of reach in the 5th. The Freedom did all of their scoring with two outs in the inning. Peter Fatse drew a walk, later stole second and scored on an RBI single by Eddie Rodriguez to make it 4-0. Then Jim Jacquot came through with an RBI single to push the lead to 5-0. John Malloy followed with a two run single for a 7-0 advantage. Bluestein and Harris also added RBI singles in the inning to give the Freedom a commanding 9-0 lead. <\/p>\n
Harris finished the game 2-4 with 3 RBI, while Bluestein and Drew Rundle each had three hits apiece. <\/p>\n
The Freedom and Crushers continue their series Saturday night as Florence will send LHP Andres Caceres(7-3, 4.21) to the mound. The Crushers will counter with RHP Pat Arnold(3-2,3.79) The game can be heard starting at 6:50 on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com. <\/p>\n
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