August 10, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Avon, OH-The Florence Freedom(41-35) put together a fourteen hit attack and registered a 9-3 win over the Lake Erie Crushers(42-34)on a chilly Friday night at All Pro Freight Stadium.

Freedom starter Brent Choban(1-1) earned his first pro victory by pitching 6 strong innings of 8 hit baseball while striking out two. The only runs he gave up was a three run double in the 6th to Daniel Bowman with the Freedom already leading at the time 9-0.

The Freedom built a 3-0 advantage against Crusher starter Eric Gonzalez(6-7) in the 3rd. Kyle Bluestein led off the inning with a single. Two batters later it was David Harris belting his 9th homerun of the season to put the Freedom ahead 2-0. Junior Arrojo who reached on an error also scored on a wild pitch in the inning.

The Freedom then put the game out of reach in the 5th. The Freedom did all of their scoring with two outs in the inning. Peter Fatse drew a walk, later stole second and scored on an RBI single by Eddie Rodriguez to make it 4-0. Then Jim Jacquot came through with an RBI single to push the lead to 5-0. John Malloy followed with a two run single for a 7-0 advantage. Bluestein and Harris also added RBI singles in the inning to give the Freedom a commanding 9-0 lead.

Harris finished the game 2-4 with 3 RBI, while Bluestein and Drew Rundle each had three hits apiece.

The Freedom and Crushers continue their series Saturday night as Florence will send LHP Andres Caceres(7-3, 4.21) to the mound. The Crushers will counter with RHP Pat Arnold(3-2,3.79) The game can be heard starting at 6:50 on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com.

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