The Lake Erie Crushers (7-12) beat the Florence Freedom (8-13) 5-3 on Saturday at UC Health Stadium behind Austin Prott, who went 2-4 and hit a home run.
He homered in the second inning and singled in the sixth inning.Austin Newell led the Florence Freedom's offensive threat, as he got on base four times in the game. He singled in the first, third, and ninth innings.
Matt Brankle got the win for the Lake Erie Crushers. He tossed 1 2/3 innings of shutout ball. Brankle struck out none, walked none and gave up one hit.
David Duncan (0-1) was the game's losing pitcher. He lasted just 4 2/3 innings, walked none, struck out two, and allowed five runs.