Jacquot's Single Wins It for Freedom

August 30, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Normal, IL - Jim Jacquot's RBI single in the top of the ninth proved to be the game winner for the Florence Freedom(54-39) as they defeated the Normal CornBelters(28-65) Thursday night 1-0.

With the Freedom's win and the Schaumburg Boomers 9-1 loss to Southern Illinois, the Freedom will enter their final regular season series Friday against Evansville in sole possession of the final wild card spot.

Freedom starter Andres Caceres took a no decision for a fifth straight game as he went 6.2 innings allowing 5 hits with 5 walks and 6 strikeouts.

Brent Choban(3-1) earned the win out of the bullpen pitching .2 innings with a strikeout. Jorge Marban collected his 15th save working a 1-2-3 ninth.

Jacquot paced the Freedom offense by going 2-4 with the game winning RBI.

The game was scoreless until the ninth inning. Eddie Rodriguez led off with a single. Kyle Bluestein then pinch ran and stole second while Drew Rundle struck out at the plate. Jacquot then lined a pitch into right field scoring Bluestein on his 52nd RBI of the season.

The Freedom continue their six game road trip Friday night in Evansville, Indiana against the Otters.

RHP Andy Clark(1-1, 2.55) takes the mound for Florence while Evansville will have LHP Matt Zielinski(7-6, 3.93) on the hill. The game can be heard starting at 7:20 pm with Steve Jarnicki on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com.

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Jacquot's Single Wins It for Freedom