With the 6-2 victory the Evansville Otters swept the Washington Wild Things in their three game series. The Evansville Otters came out hot in the first when they scored five of their six runs. Nik Balog started the scoring with his RBI-double to score Rolando Gomez. Right after that, Chris Breen had himself his own double to score Balog. Jeff Gardner hit a line drive straight to center which would bounce over the wall for a ground- rule double. Denzel Richardson would hit a rocket line drive down third base to score Gardner. Richardson would be brought in with an error by the shortstop.
The Wild Things would put a run up in the second with a solo home run by Kyle Pollock. In the third, the Wild Things brought the score to 5-2 with a RBI-double by David Popkins, and after the outstanding defense of the Otters no more runs were put on the board. The key moment in the game came in the seventh, the Wild Things had bases loaded with zero outs. Ken Frosch was brought in and got three straight outs to help preserve the victory.
The Otters will be on the road as they start a three game series against the Windy City Thunderbolts. Game one is Friday, August 5. First pitch is at 7:05 P.M. at Standard Bank Stadium.
Otters return to Historic Bosse Field next Friday, August 12th for a three game home stand against division leader Southern Illinois Miners.
