Parker Brahms took the mound for Evansville and bounced back in a big way. A bad pickoff throw to first allowed an unearned runner to score, but worked a scoreless first otherwise.
Logan Brown struck in the second with a two-out solo shot to right that tied the game at one. He would finish the game with two hits, the fourth multi-hit game for him in his last seven games.
Brahms went back out after the first and shut down the Grapes. He worked around some traffic and got a timely double play in the fourth to keep the game knotted at one. He pitched into the sixth inning and eventually gave way to Jon Beymer. Brahms finished with 5.2 innings pitched, allowing just the one unearned run.
Beymer stranded two to end the sixth, but couldn’t find the putaway pitch in the seventh. He worked from in front of batters but left the seventh inning with one run in and the bases loaded with one out.
Jackson Malouf entered the seventh and got two quick outs, allowing one of the inherited runners to score. He also pitched a scoreless eighth inning with a strikeout.
Outside of the home run, Evansville struggled against the Lake Erie starter. They put together some opportunities late, stranding runners in scoring position in three of the last four innings. They loaded the bases in the eighth and put runners on the corners in the ninth, but couldn’t push across late runs and fell 3-1.
Evansville has an off day Monday before traveling into Canada to take on Quebec and Ottawa to finish the road trip. The first game against Quebec is scheduled for a 6:05 p.m. CT start time Tuesday night.
