FLORENCE, Ky. — Nate Yoho belted two home runs and collected five RBI as the Slippery Rock Sliders defeated the Florence (Ky.) Freedom 9-4 in Frontier League baseball on Thursday.

The Sliders (6-8) managed 12 hits and tallied six runs in the top of the fourth inning, which gave the visitors an 8-0 lead.

Sliders left fielder Casey Bowling also had a strong night with three hits, while Slippery Rock High School graduate Jason Curry recorded two doubles and a run scored.

Nick Tracy pitched the first four innings for Slippery Rock, walking one. After three scoreless innings, he surrendered three runs to the Freedom (6-9) in the fourth, when Tracy was replaced Brian Baxter.

Baxter pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win.

Pete Parise pitched a scoreless eighth and Greg Lasinski gave up one run to Florence in the bottom of the ninth.