Bums take series from 1st-place Freedom – Traverse City Record Eagle

TRAVERSE CITY The Traverse City Beach Bums may have themselves a good bit of momentum going into the All-Star break.

The Beach Bums edged the West Division-leading Florence Freedom 2-1 in a Frontier League baseball game Thursday at Wuerfel Park, giving Traverse City a series win.

The Freedom's lone win in the series was coincidentally on Independence Day, and all three games were decided by a single run.

The Bums had only four hits, but didn't record any of those when they scored their only two runs in the fifth inning.

Kendall Patrick was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a wild pitch and eventually came home on a Josh Hauser sacrifice fly. Arby Fields walked in the same inning, stole second and scored on another wild pitch.

Will Kengor, Alexis Rivera, Hauser and John Montgomery each had one hit.

Traverse City ace Kramer Champlin also got back on track, allowing less than three earned runs for the first time in exactly a month.

Champlin struck out five and scattered six hits over six innings.

Devin Over tossed one scoreless frame of relief and Enrique Oquendo pitched two hitless innings to close out the win, pick up his third save and lower his season ERA to 2.40.

The Beach Bums head Friday to Illinois to take on the Normal Cornbelters, starting the final series before the All-Star break. Right-hander Brian Bayliss acquired in last week's James Ball trade makes his debut for the Beach Bums, while Normal counters with Julio Vivas.

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Bums take series from 1st-place Freedom - Traverse City Record Eagle