Freedom is 1-7 against Winter Park since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Freedom Patriots will take on the Winter Park Wildcats at 7:00 p.m.
Freedom is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Horizon.
Blake Echols was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Freedom saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hermes Garcia, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That double was Garcia's first of the season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Winter Park, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past East River 5-4.
Winter Park also got a great performance from Miles Gotlib as he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
Winter Park pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for Freedom, they now have a losing record of 4-5.
Freedom suffered a grim 17-0 defeat to Winter Park in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Freedom avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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