Rascals Hold Off Freedom In Opener
Source: Frontier League News
O’Fallon, Mo. – The River City Rascals (48-44) plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the second inning and used a dominant pitching performance from six arms to inch by the Florence Freedom (57-35), 2-1, Tuesday night and move within a .5 game of a wild card spot with four games remaining. After going down in order in their first opportunity, Rascals second baseman Jason Merjano drew a walk against Tony Vocca and scampered home on a two-out RBI single Braxton Martinez to take an early 1-0 lead. “Merjano’s walk was big because he gave us great speed on the basepaths and then I got in a 3-1 count and got a good pitch to send up the middle and score him,” Martinez said. Clint Freeman followed with a walk to load the bases and then Brandon Thomas was hit by a pitch and plated what went on to be the eventual game-winning run. After the second inning, the Rascals recorded just one more hit and it came in the bottom of the fifth inning off the bat of Josh Silver. Silver’s single gave him 100 hits on the year and is the first Rascal to accomplish that…
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