Baseball Recap: Freedom Eagles vs. Gainesville Cardinals
After a string of four wins, Freedom's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They lost 9-2 to the Gainesville Cardinals. Freedom was red-hot at the plate headed into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the four contests prior) but Gainesville's pitchers proved too tough.
For Gainesville's part, the team relied heavily on JW Kohlmeyer, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Freedom's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Gainesville, they pushed their record up to 13-4 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Freedom will challenge Heritage at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Freedom is facing Heritage at the right time seeing as Heritage is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Gainesville, they will head out on the road to face off against Liberty at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Gainesville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
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