The Florence Freedom will play the decisive game tonight in the best-of-five Frontier Independent League playoffs in Sauget Ill.

The Freedom stayed alive by defeating the Gateway Grizzlies 7-5 on Sunday in dramatic fashion.

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.

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).

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.

The first pitch is set for 7:20 p.m. tonight. The game can be heard locally on Real Talk 1160 and realtalk1160.com.

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Freedom advance to championship