The Florence Y’alls (35-53 overall) are trying to find positives as the regular season winds down. They found some in the three-game series loss to the Evansville Otters (50-39) over the weekend. They won their final road game of the year Sunday in an 8-5 victory at Evansville’s Bosse Field. Florence is 5-4 against Evansville […]
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Florence splits two-game series with Gateway
Now that they’ve been eliminated from Frontier League playoff contention, the Florence Y’alls are trying to finish the season on a positive note. The Y’alls (34-51 overall) finished a few plays shy of sweeping the two-game series from the Gateway (Illinois) Grizzlies (40-46) in Frontier League West Division action. Florence finished 5-3 against Gateway this […]
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Florence swept for seventh time this season
The Florence Y’alls (33-50 overall) faced a Schaumburg (Illinois) Boomers squad battling three other teams for the two Frontier League West Division wild card playoff spots behind the division-leading Washington (Pennsylvania) Wild Things. Florence could not earn a win any of the three games at Thomas More Stadium. This marks the seventh time teams have […]
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Florence drops fourth straight series
The Florence Y’alls entered the road series without one of their best players. In fact, he took the field in the opposite dugout Tuesday for the Frontier League West Division-leading Washington (Pennsylvania) Wild Things. The Y’alls traded him there Monday for a player to be named. Anthony Brocato ranked among the Frontier League’s best in […]
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Y’alls halt losing streak but drop series to Lake Erie
The difference in this series for the Florence Y’alls came down to hitting while in scoring position. In losses in the first two games that saw their losing streak hit six games, Florence (32-45 overall) finished 0-for-19 in those situations against the host Lake Erie Crushers (38-40). But in the 6-0 win Sunday, the Y’alls […]
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Florence swept by Washington; Y’alls drop four straight
The Florence Y’alls have had more than their fair share of struggles against the Frontier League West Division leader this year. The Washington (Pennsylvania) Wild Things recorded a second sweep of the Florence Y’alls this year taking all three games at Thomas More Stadium this week. Florence is 1-8 against the Wild Things this year. […]
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Florence drops two of three on road at Joliet
The Florence Y’alls know every series loss going forward hurts their chances of making the Frontier League playoffs. The Y’alls (31-39) had one of those series losses over the weekend dropping two of three to host Joliet (34-36). Florence remains in seventh place out of eight teams in the West Division. Both losses were one-run […]
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Florence belts two grand slams to take series against Schaumburg
The Florence Y’alls nailed two grand slams on Thursday night to win the series over Schaumburg, a team they are chasing for the third and final spot in the playoffs from the Frontier League West Division. With the win, and with just 27 games left in the season, Florence stands at 30-38 overall while the […]
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Schaumburg bats explode in win over Florence
The Schaumburg Boomers can out swinging and never looked back in an 11-6 win over the Florence Y’alls in Frontier League play Wednesday at Thomas More Stadium. Schaumburg (35-31) broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the top of the third. The Boomers built a 6-0 lead entering the bottom of the fifth before […]
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Florence escapes Schaumburg in 10 innings
Extra innings in the Frontier League have a familiar format starting in the 10th. The batter that recorded the final out of the ninth inning starts at second base. But if things go to the 11th inning, the home team decides whether to bat or go in the field. The team at bat puts a […]