The Evansville Otters take game three of the series against the Florence Freedom six to one. The Otters fell behind early in the first, but would have a big five run inning in the third.
Hunter Ackerman started on the rubber for the Otters and moved to six and five with the win on the night. Ackerman pitched for seven and two-thirds innings. Ackerman allowed six hits, one run and had five strikeouts. Zach Wendorf started for the Freedom and moved to one and four with the loss on the night. Wendorf pitched for three innings, allowing five hits and five runs, but none were earned.
The Freedom started the scoring first when Shaun Cooper hit a RBI-triple off the wall in center field. In the third the Otters exploded for five runs to take the lead from the Freedom. Nik Balog started the scoring with a sac-fly into left center to bring home Josh Allen. Chris Sweeney would continue the scoring with his RBI-single to bring John Schultz home from second. Denzel Richardson extended the lead five to one after hitting a three run homer right over the right field wall.
After four quiet innings, the Otters would put up another run in the eighth. Josh Allen hit an RBI-double off the left center wall to bring in Christopher Riopedre.
The Otters will be back at Bosse Field on Tuesday, August 23 to start a three game series against the Normal CornBelters, first pitch is at 6:35 P.M. Tickets available at www.evansvilleotters.com or by phone at 812-435-8686 ext. 21.
