 Facing off for the finale of a critical three game series, the Evansville Otters grinded to secure a 7-6 victory and series sweep of the Windy City Thunderbolts on Thirsty Thursday at Bosse Field. The scoring of the game kicked off in the bottom of the second inning when Chris Breen crushed a mammoth of a solo homerun that may still be sailing. Windy City would charge right back in the very next frame, sparked from a three run outburst that saw six Thunderbolts reach base safely. Nevertheless, Evansville displayed their resiliency through storming back to tie the game at 3-3 in the third, highlighted by a high flying two-run homerun from Josh Allen that amazingly left the entire stadium. Three hits and a walk for the Windy City offense would translate to two additional runs in the sixth. However, Evansville would save another rally for the Thunderbolts. Following back to back singles, Chris Breen lined a single to center that would drive in a run. Although, the play wouldn’t end that simply as a bad throw towards second base and a fielding misplay in center field led to two errors and a little league style homerun for Breen, which gave the Otters a 6-5 advantage. After tying the game in the eighth, the Thunderbolts were finally vanquished after Christopher Riopedre lined a clutch go-ahead RBI single in the latter half of the inning. Randy McCurry would slam the door on Windy City in the ninth, while notching his league leading 13th save of the season.
Next, the Otters will go on the road tomorrow and begin a three game series against the Lake Erie Crushers.
