Brizuela Blast Helps Freedom Break Out the Brooms

Brizuela Blast Helps Freedom Break Out the Brooms

Source: Frontier League News

FLORENCE, Ky. — Jose Brizuela belted a two-run homer in the eighth inning to propel the Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, to their sixth series sweep of the season as they topped the River City Rascals, 5-3, on Thursday at UC Health Stadium. Following a dropped third strike that allowed Taylor Oldham to reach first base with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, River City (20-23) skipper Steve Brook made his second pitching change of the night, replacing reliever Jason Zgardowski (1-3) with southpaw Anthony Paesano to face Brizuela. Despite promptly falling behind 0-2, Brizuela fouled off six pitches and worked the count full before ending the twelve-pitch at-bat with a line-drive home run to right-center, putting Florence (30-12) in front by the eventual final score, 5-3. A Jeff Kerrigan RBI-single off Freedom starter Zach Kirby in the second inning and a solo shot by Josh Silver put River City on top 2-0 entering the bottom of the fifth, where Rascals starter Tim Koons carried a perfect game. Leading off the home half of the fifth, however, Andre Mercurio broke up the perfect game with a single to right field and later came around to score on a…

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