Freedom has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Gainesville Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Freedom knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with flashy run totals in its past four matches -- so hopefully Gainesville likes a good challenge.
Freedom is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Osbourn Park last Friday as Freedom made off with a 14-4 victory. That's two games straight that Freedom has won by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, Gainesville had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They had just enough and edged the Vikings out 4-3.
Caden Merritt made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Merritt was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other pitching news, Ryan Petro looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk).
Freedom's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-4. As for Gainesville, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Freedom skirted past Gainesville 5-3 in their previous meeting on April 5th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Freedom since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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