July 28, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Washington,PA-The Florence Freedom got superb starting pitching in their doubleheader against the Washington Wild Things on Friday night as they swept both games with wins of 7-4 and 1-0. The Freedom completed the series sweep against Washington and are now 34-29 on the season.

In game 1, Alec Lewis hurled a complete game, his third of the season as he struck out six batters while scattering six hits and allowing three earned runs. Lewis improved to 3-6 with his complete game performance. Peter Fatse had a pair of RBI doubles in the game to lead the Freedom offense. John Malloy, Junior Arrojo, Jim Jacquot, David Harris, and Stephen Cardullo each produced an RBI as well for the victorious Freedom.

In game 2, it was Sean Gregory going the distance for the Freedom as he allowed only three hits, while striking out six on his way to his second complete game of the season. The difference in the game was the 5th inning homerun off the bat of Drew Rundle. It was his 9th homerun of the season, a deep shot beyond the right center field wall. Rundle also made several terrific defensive plays in the game to preserve the shutout win for Gregory.

The Freedom now return to Florence for a twelve game homestand starting Saturday night against the Evansville Otters. Evansville will send LHP Garrett Bullock(3-5, 3.06) to the mound to take on the Freedom's Brandon Mathes(0-0,5.12) The game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 5:50 pm on radio station Real Talk 1160 and realtalk1160.com.

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