Evansville’s offense started off hot. Catcher’s interference put a runner on first base for LJ Jones who would drive him in with a sharp double. Two batters later, Logan Brown drove in Jones to make the lead 2-0.
The Otters would hold this lead until the bottom of the second when Lake Erie would score two to tie the game. In the third frame, Lake Erie stuck again – scoring three to lead 5-2.
The Otters still had fight left in them. Keenan Taylor tripled to lead off the fourth and scored on a L. Brown ground out to get one back. An inning later in the fifth, the Otters scored again. This time, Pavin Parks hit a hard grounder through the right side of the infield for a two-out RBI single.
After the Otters brought the game to 5-4, Lake Erie quickly responded with two of their own in the fifth.
The score would stay at 7-4 to the eighth where the Otters scratched one across again. This time on another Taylor RBI hit, a double to drive in Graham Brown.
The Otters would eventually fall to the Crushers after they scored in their half of the eighth by a score of 9-5.
The Otters are back in action tomorrow for a rubber game against Lake Erie at 6:05 p.m. CT. After that, they return to Bosse Field this weekend for their first series against Windy City in 2025.
