Wild Things come up run short
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FREEDOM – A ninth-inning rally fell one run short for the Washington Wild Things, which lost a 10-9 decision to the Freedom Y’Alls in a Frontier League opener for both teams.
Back-to-back home runs by Joe Campagna and Grant Heyman was not enough. Heyman’s home run was a two-run shot that scored Bralin Jackson and Campagna was a solo shot.
Campagna was 4-for-5 with fourth RBI and two runs and Heyman had 3 RBI.
The game didn’t kooj as though it would be a slugfest as Freedom led 1-0 after three innings.
But Freedom exploded for nine runs over the next two innings – two in fourth and seventh in the fifth. Washington kept pace by scoring three in the top of the fourth and three more in the fifth.
Trevor Cassanova went 2-for-three with two runs and an RBI and Jackson went 2-for-5 with two runs for the Wild Things,
Jose Brizuela wen 2-for-2 with two runs, Jordan Browser drove in three, and Chad Sedio went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run for Florence.
Washington starter Daren Osby gave up four runs and five hits in four innings. Michael Austin gave up six runs, two earned in 2/3 innings.
Sean Hughes threw two innings of shutout relief for Freedom.