The Florence Freedom will play the decisive game tonight in the best-of-five Frontier Independent League playoffs in Sauget Ill. <\/p>\n
The Freedom stayed alive by defeating the Gateway Grizzlies 7-5 on Sunday in dramatic fashion. <\/p>\n
With the Freedom trailing by a run and down to its final out, first baseman Drew Rundle hit a three-run homer to tie the series at two and send the teams back to Sauget, near St. Louis, for the final game. <\/p>\n
Right-hander Brad Allen (1-0, 0.00) will take the mound for the Freedom. The Grizzlies will counter with righty Tim Brown (1-0, 2.25). <\/p>\n
The winner will play the fourth-seeded Southern Illinois Miners for the Frontier League Championship. The Miners swept the top-seeded Traverse City Beach Bums Saturday to advance to the finals. <\/p>\n
The first pitch is set for 7:20 p.m. tonight. The game can be heard locally on Real Talk 1160 and realtalk1160.com. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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