“In that situation, I knew I had an out coming in so it made it a little easier,” Braband said. But Braband struck out Evansville designated hitter Steven Sensley and coaxed Davis into popping out to second baseman Ethan Stearn in shallow right center field to end the threat. Baez tripled off him to center on a 2-2 count forcing Florence to bring the infield in. Wagner did a great job with that as well.”īraband pitched out of a tough situation in the top of the ninth taking over with one out. “Errors and walks are going to happen at this level. “You want to minimize damage so those innings don’t blow up to four or five runs,” White said. Related: Florence finally gets a win over Joliet The four pitchers combined to strike out 11 and walk just two. I got a good pitch to hit, which I hit a line drive and it just so happened to go out of the park.”Įvansville scored two unearned runs off three Florence errors, but the four Florence pitchers in Billy Damon, Alex Wagner, Cameron Pferrer and Evan Braband (2-2) along with the Y’alls defense avoided the big inning giving Florence a chance in the end. In batting practice, we worked on hitting line drives the opposite way. “(Brahms) did a really good job of locating his pitches – fastball down, change-up down,” Zuberer said. He sent it to left center to trim the Evansville lead to 2-1. It marked one of the few times Florence squared him up. Brahms had retired the first six batters he faced at that point. Zuberer’s home run led off the bottom of the third. ![]() Shortstop Alberti Chavez doubled and third baseman Ray Zuberer cranked his fourth home run of the season. Johnson led Florence at the plate going 2 for 5 with one run batted in and one run scored. I got a slider there and got it through the infield.” “In talking to other guys that had (at-bats) against him, (Gallardo) was throwing a lot of cutters, a lot of sliders – everything coming in to me,” Johnson said. Bibiloni dashed around third and scored ahead of the throw to win the game for the Y’alls. He took an 0-2 pitch from Gallardo to right field. That brought up Florence lead-off hitter, center fielder Axel Johnson. ![]() The next batter, first baseman Casey Combs struck out, but Bibiloni stole second on the third strike. With one out in the bottom of the ninth, left fielder Ian Bibiloni drew a walk from Evansville relief pitcher Augie Gallardo (0-1). Whenever you have a good offense, you’re able to battle until the 27th out. We’re actually able to see these late-inning runs be put up. The guys have bought into that philosophy. “We preach that it’s first pitch to last pitch so with that being said, it’s never over until it’s over. ![]() The Y’alls held a 7-17 record before going on this run. Florence has won seven of its last eight after going 4-11 in May. The win lifts Florence out of the West Division basement one full game in front of the Lake Erie (Ohio) Crushers (14-20) and leaves Evansville in second behind the Washington (Pennsylvania) Wild Things (22-12) by half a game. The Y’alls scored four times in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game then won it in the bottom of the ninth with two out by a 6-5 score in front of a crowd of 2,067. In addition, Y’alls Manager Brian White and infield coach Taylor Bryant had been ejected after the end of the seventh.īut Florence (14-18) responded the right way. Brahms had been throwing darts striking out a season-high 13 batters. ![]() The Frontier League’s West Division leading Evansville Otters (21-12 overall) led 5-1 behind the arm of Parker Brahms (3-1). Things may have looked bleak entering the bottom of the eighth for the Florence Y’alls.
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