The Evansville Otters could not keep pace with the Florence Freedom, dropping a pair of games 6-2 and 12-1 on Wednesday night.
Evansville (42-37) slipped out of second place in the West division with the losses this evening and saw River City surpass them
Florence (53-28) has now won nine straight for their longest win streak of the year.
In game one, the Florence Freedom scored the first two runs of the game in the bottom of the third inning on a two RBI single from Andrew Godbold.
Florence added a run in the fourth inning on a solo home run from Keivan Berges to make it 3-0.
Evansville scored their first run on an RBI single from Josh Allen to bring home Ryan Long.
Florence responded in the bottom of the inning with a three RBI double from Berges.
Evansville added one more run on a solo home run from Brandon Soat, his seventh of the year to make it 6-2 in the top of the sixth.
Cody Gray recorded the win for Florence.
Trent Lunsford took the loss for Evansville giving up all six runs along with six walks and four strikeouts in 4 and 2/3 innings.
In game number two, the Otters opened up the scoring in the first frame.
An RBI double from Dane Phillips brought home Long to give Evansville an early 1-0 edge.
It would be the Freedom from there on out.
In the bottom of the first inning, an RBI double from Collins Cuthrell and a two RBI single from Jordan Brower gave Florence a 3-1 lead.
In the third inning, an RBI double from Ryan Rinsky and an RBI single from Mike Morris extended the lead to 5-1.
Florence put three more on the board in the fourth inning.
Keivan Berges lead off the inning with his second home run of the twin bill.
Rinsky and Austin Wobrock both added on RBI single to make it 8-1.
In the fifth, a Berges RBI single brought home Taylor Oldham and Godbold scored on an Otters wild pitch.
The Florence onslaught would end in the sixth inning.
Ozzy Braff delivered on a pinch hit two-run home run to make it 12-1.
Brandon Cook took the loss for Evansville.
In his first start, he went just one inning giving up three runs on four hits with two walks and a strikeout.
Braulio Torres-Perez took the win for Florence giving up just four hits and one unearned run in six innings.
The Otters and the Freedom will conclude the series tomorrow at 6:05 p.m. CT at UC Health Stadium.
Fans can listen on 91.5 WUEV with Lucas Corley providing play-by-play coverage.
Tickets for August home games are still available by going to evansvilleotters.com or calling 812-435-8686.
