Walk Off Homer Lifts Florence Over Schaumburg
Source: Frontier League News
FLORENCE, Ky –In a rematch of the 2017 Frontier League Championship Series, the Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, beat the Schaumburg Boomers, 5-4, in walk off fashion to take the opener of weekend series on Friday at UC Health Stadium. The Freedom (15-16) rallied with out in the bottom of the ninth, when Xavier Turner roped the first of three singles in the frame off Boomers (15-15) reliever, Dylan Stutsman (1-1). Austin Wobrock followed with a single of his own to put the winning run at third before Schaumburg elected to intentionally walk Ricky Ramirez Jr. to load the bases. Andre Mercurio had the night off, but Freedom manager, Dennis Pelfrey chose to pinch-hit the lefty for Jimmy Heck with the game on the line. Mercurio promptly laced a base hit to center, scoring Turner and giving the Freedom their first walk-off win of the season, 5-4, over the defending Frontier League Champion, Boomers. Johnathon Tripp (2-0) tallied the win in relief, tossing 1.2 innings of scoreless baseball over the eighth and ninth frames. Schaumburg took an early, 2-0, lead in the top of the third, courtesy a Sean Godfrey ground-out with runners on second and third and…
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