Freedom advance to Frontier League championship

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The Florence Freedom beat Gateway Monday night to advance to the team's first ever Frontier League championship series.

Peter Fatse drove in a career high six runs and Freedom starter Brad Allen threw eight shutout innings as the Freedom came from down two games to one, to win the series with back-to-back wins Sunday and Monday.

The five game championship series with Southern Illinois begins Wednesday in Florence. The Freedom had never played in the Frontier League playoffs until this season.

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