Early Lead Holds Up In Windy City Series Opener

Early Lead Holds Up In Windy City Series Opener

Source: Frontier League News

CRESTWOOD, Ill. — The Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, built an early lead and escaped a late jam en route to a 7-5 win over the Windy City ThunderBolts on Tuesday night at Standard Bank Stadium. Leading off the game with a single and a stolen base, Daniel Fraga scored the game’s first run on a double to left field by Ozzy Braff. Andre Mercurio followed with a bunt single, and a passed ball would allow Braff to score and Mercurio to advance from first to third. Collins Cuthrell plated the third run of the inning on a groundout to shortstop. The Freedom (19-9) would add three more runs in the sixth inning on consecutive RBI-singles by Mercurio and Cuthrell and a run-scoring groundout by Jordan Brower off ThunderBolts (17-12) starter Jake Fisher (2-2). Through his six innings, the left-hander allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits, around a string of 11 straight batters retired from the end of the first inning to the beginning of the fifth. Tony Vocca (4-2) earned the win with a quality start for Florence, tossing six innings and allowing just three hits and a single unearned run in the fourth, as…

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