River City Rascals - Independent Professional Baseball

FLORENCE TOO MUCH FOR RASCALS

O’Fallon, MO – Florence came ready to swing the bats Friday night, collecting 15 hits and scoring 11 runs on their way to an 11-5 win over the River City Rascals at T.R. Hughes Ballpark.

Toro Trevino (2-1) suffered his first loss in a Rascals uniform. The right-hander went 5.1 innings and allowed seven earned runs on nine hits.

Angel Molina led the way for the Freedom. He got things started for the visitors in the third inning. With two outs, the all-star doubled off the right-center field wall to put the Freedom up 2-0.

Florence added four more in the top of the fourth inning to take a 6-0 lead. The dreaded leadoff walk got things started as the first three reached and scored in the inning. Justin Randall provided the big blow with a two run double off the ‘Big Dog’ wall in right.

Greg Stone provided a spark for the Rascals in the bottom of the fifth. With one out, the shortstop connected for his first home run of the season, just clearing the right field wall to drive in three and cut the lead in half, 6-3.

But the Freedom were too much down the stretch. Florence scored runs again in the sixth, eighth and ninth to put away River City. Molina ended the night 4-6 with two doubles and four RBI.

The Rascals did have some excitement in the bottom of the ninth inning. Steven Allred singled for his first professional hit. Allred’s base knock was then followed by Jimmy Baker’s first hit as a Rascal, a two-run home run to left.

Andy Clark started and improved to 8-1 on the season and 2-0 against the Rascals going 5.0 innings while allowing three runs on six hits. The key for the Freedom, the pitching staff did not walk a batter while the Rascals walked six.

The Rascals (35-38) and Freedom will be back at it for game two of the series Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. Danny Powers will be looking to win his sixth game of the season for River City.

8/08/08
Florence 11, River City 5

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florence	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	2	2	11	15	0
River City	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	5	9	1

Florence	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
J. Randall	DH	5	1	3	4	.250
G. McKinney	CF	3	1	0	0	.306
A. Molina	1B	6	1	4	4	.320
K. Hunt	3B	5	0	1	0	.336
W. Mottram	2B	4	1	2	1	.296
J. Welch	SS	5	1	1	0	.289
R. Basham	LF	5	1	1	0	.281
M. Dye	RF	4	1	1	0	.222
M. Hackney	CAT	3	4	2	1	.262
A. Clark	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Ingoglia	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Gianini	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		40	11	15	10

River City	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
L. Barganier	CF	5	0	1	0	.300
B. Hough	2B	3	0	0	0	.282
J. Miller	LF	4	0	1	0	.280
R. Wehrle	3B	4	0	0	0	.274
D. Maycock	RF	4	0	1	0	.366
P. Laurent	DH	3	1	2	0	.247
J. DeBoer	PH	1	0	0	0	.226
A. Sweet	CAT	3	1	1	0	.318
C. Marshall	PH	1	0	0	0	.244
W. Basom	1B	2	0	0	0	.325
C. Raniere	PH/1B	1	0	0	0	.256
S. Allred	PH	1	1	1	0	.500
G. Stone	SS	3	1	1	3	.230
J. Baker	PH	1	1	1	2	.200
T. Trevino	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
A. White	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Corbett	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		36	5	9	5

E--L.Barganier. DP--FLORENCE 0, RIVER CITY 0. LOB--FLORENCE 11, RIVER CITY 5. 2B--J.Randall (2), A.Molina 2 (19), J.Miller (16). HR--G.Stone (1), J.Baker (1). SB--M.Hackney (2), B.Hough (21). HBP--M.Hackney, B.Hough. SF--J.Randall. SH--G.McKinney.

Florence	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
A. Clark (W, 8-1)	5.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	3.31
C. Ingoglia	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.85
M. Gianini	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	10.50

River City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
T. Trevino (L,2-1)	5.1	9	7	7	3	3	0	7.16
A. White	2.2	5	2	2	1	2	0	5.63
D. Corbett	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	7.23

HB--A.Clark, T.Trevino. BALKS--A.White. PB--A.Sweet. SO--G.McKinney, K.Hunt, J.Welch, R.Basham, M.Dye, L.Barganier, D.Maycock, P.Laurent, C.Marshall, C.Raniere. BB--G.McKinney 2, K.Hunt, W.Mottram, M.Dye, M.Hackney.

Time: 3:04, Attendance: 1,861