August 26, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Florence, KY - The Washington Wild Things(39-51) won a seesaw affair over the Florence Freedom (51-39) Sunday night to avoid a three game sweep by the score of 7-5.

There were three ties at 1-1, 3-3, and 5-5 however it was Washington getting a clutch hit in the 9th to give them the win.

The Freedom took an early 1-0 lead in the 1st inning on a Peter Fatse SAC fly. Washington matched the Freedom with a solo homerun from Mark Samuelson.

The Wild Things then took a 2-1 lead in the 3rd on an RBI single by Gus Benusa. They stretched the lead to 3-1 on another Samuelson solo homer in the 4th.

The Freedom's Junior Arrojo then tied the game in the 5th with his two run homerun, his second homer of the series and his fifth of the season.

The Freedom retook the lead in the 6th with a two out two run double by David Harris.

With the Freedom leading 5-3 in the 7th, the Wild Things began to chip away at the Freedom bullpen. AJ Nunziato delivered a SAC fly to cut the lead to 5-4. Then in the 8th, Samuelson provided a SAC fly to tie the game at 5-5.

With the game on the line in the 9th, with two runners aboard it was Samuelson again delivering the blow. He lined a two run single over first baseman Drew Rundle to give the Wild Things a 7-5 lead. Samuelson went 3-5 against his former team with two homers and had 5 RBI's.

The Freedom attempted to rally in the 9th against closer Orlando Santos. Fatse drew a two out walk, but Eddie Rodriguez struck out swinging to end the ballgame.

Jhonny Montoya (3-3) earned the win out of Washington's bullpen pitching 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball. Ian Durham (1-2) suffered the loss as Santos notched his 10th save.

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