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Watland goes the distance in Otters win

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SAUGET, Ill. - Justin Watland pitched his second complete game of the season Sunday, as the Evansville Otters defeated the Gateway Grizzlies 6-2.

 

Much like Saturday night’s contest, the game started with a pair of scoreless innings, starting pitchers Watland and Carson LaRue carved through the innings efficiently.

 

The scoreless tie was broken by Evansville in the third, as Anthony Torreullas hit his second home run of the season. Three batters later, Elijah MacNamee answered with a solo home run of his own, expanding the Otters’ lead to 2-0.

 

Evansville’s lead was doubled in the sixth, kicked off with MacNamee’s second solo home run of the day. Later in the inning, J.R. Davis hit an RBI single to add to the lead.

 

The lead hit 5-0 in the seventh when Andy Armstrong hit his first home run of the season.

 

Finally, Gateway found offense in the seventh as Trevor Achenbach hit his league-leading 15th home run of 2022, a solo shot.

 

The Otters backed up Watland in the eighth, giving him another run of insurance, this time on a sacrifice fly RBI from Torreullas.

 

Gateway managed one more run off Watland in the ninth, a solo home run from Isaac Benard, but would stay four runs down.

 

The 6-2 advantage gave Evansville their sixth win in a row and claimed the series win at Gateway.

 

Watland pitched all nine innings to the win, giving up two runs on for hits, and recording a personal season-high 10 strikeouts. Carson LaRue received the loss, allowing five runs on eight hits in 6.2 innings.

 

MacNamee and Davis each recorded multi-hit days with MacNamee and Torreullas clocking multi-RBI games.

 

The holiday weekend four-game set concludes Monday night as the Grizzlies and Otters play at GCS Credit Union Ballpark at 6:45 p.m. Coverage begins on the Evansville Otters YouTube page at 6:35 p.m.

 

Rain delay doesn’t stop Otters from winning fifth straight

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SAUGET, Ill. - Following strong pitching through the first eight innings Saturday, Logan Sawyer closed out a 3-1 win for the Evansville Otters against the Gateway Grizzlies after a brief rain delay going to the bottom of the ninth inning.

 

The game started in a scoreless tie through the first two innings, but the Otters crossed home plate first in the third inning.

 

Elijah MacNamee put the Otters ahead 1-0 on an RBI single that extended his on-base streak to 35 games.

 

In the bottom half of the third, Gateway evened things up at 1-1, capitalizing on a two-out error by George Callil. Two batters after the error, an RBI single from Cesar Trejo did the trick.

 

Evansville quickly retook the lead, as Jeffrey Baez hit a solo home run to dead center field in the fourth inning, lifting the Otters to a 2-1 lead.

 

After a scoreless fifth inning, Evansville grabbed a 3-1 lead on an RBI double off the top of the wall from Andy Armstrong.

 

Starting pitcher Austin Gossmann delivered five strong innings on the mound before handing the ball to Jacob Bowles for two scoreless innings and another scoreless frame by Augie Gallardo in the eighth.

 

Midway through the ninth, a 10-minute rain delay halted things on the field as Logan Sawyer took the mound.

 

Once the delay concluded, Sawyer returned to the mound, dispatching the Grizzlies in 1-2-3 fashion to earn his league-leading 13th save of the season and seal the Otters’ fifth straight victory.

 

Austin Gossmann grabbed the win in his first start since coming off the injured list, allowing just one unearned run on seven hits in five complete innings. Justin Ferrell dropped to 1-1, allowing two runs on five Evansville hits in his five innings.

 

Armstrong recorded two hits for a second straight game, alongside Steven Sensley and MacNamee.

 

The series continues Sunday night from GCS Credit Union Ballpark at 6:45 p.m., coverage on the Evansville Otters YouTube page begins at 6:35 p.m.

 

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Todd Rokita Wins Favorable Supreme Court Ruling On Indiana Law Requiring Parental Notification When Minors Get Abortions

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lower court’s judgment against an Indiana law requiring parental notification in instances when a court allows a minor to get an abortion without parental consent.

“Following the landmark Dobbs decision, we eagerly anticipate clearer paths for Indiana’s commonsense laws protecting unborn children and their mothers,” Attorney General Todd Rokita said. “We are grateful for the new day that has dawned, and we will remain steadfast in our fight for life.”

This issue — part of Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al., v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc. — now has been remanded back to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for reconsideration following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Attorney General Rokita and his team already have sought relief from the injunction directly from the U.S. district court, which has expedited briefing at our request.

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Indiana DCS Receives Federal Approval For Prevention Funding

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INDIANAPOLIS  – The Indiana Department of Child Services received approval from the Administration for Children and Families of its Title IV-E Prevention Program Five-Year plan, which allows the state to use federal funding for the first time to deliver prevention services to families with the goal of keeping children safely with their families and out of foster care.

The prevention plan is a requirement of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), a federal law that was adopted in 2018 and focuses on keeping families together as well as ensuring that children who do have to be removed are placed in family settings whenever possible and not in congregate-care placements. It outlines how the department will utilize the funding on evidence-based practices to try to safely preserve more families, which, whenever possible, is better for kids and their families.

“The Family First Act opened the door for child welfare agencies to use federal funds in a very different way,” Indiana DCS Director Terry Stigdon said. “We are eager for the opportunities this will present to support the children and families we serve.”

DCS implemented the congregate-care requirements of FFPSA in the fall of 2021. States may claim Title IV-E prevention services funding dating back to the quarter they first submitted an approvable plan. That makes Indiana eligible to claim for services going back to Jan. 1, 2021.

 

Hoosier History Highlights: 1863 Battle of Corydon

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July 3 – July 9

The Week in Indiana History
Corydon

1863     The Civil War came to Indiana when over 2,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of John Hunt Morgan crossed the Ohio River into Corydon.  Known as “Morgan’s Raiders,” they overwhelmed about 400 members of the Indiana militia.  They plundered their way through several towns, including Salem, Vernon, Dupont, and Versailles.  Fearing an attack on Indianapolis, Governor Morton ordered five regiments of Union soldiers to guard the Indiana Statehouse.  The Confederates escaped into Ohio where they were captured about three weeks later.
park1916     Indiana’s first state park, McCormick’s Creek, was dedicated in a ceremony including Governor Samuel Ralston and Richard Lieber, founder of the state park system.  Lieber called the park “a gift to Hoosiers for the state’s 100th birthday.” Starting with 350 acres at McCormick’s Creek, the state park system has grown to encompass more than 170,000 acres.
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100 Years Ago

1922     One of America’s first automobiles, built by Elwood Haynes, was temporarily removed from the Smithsonian Institution and returned to the inventor’s hometown of Kokomo.  The occasion, on July 4, was the 28th anniversary of Haynes’ famous test drive of the car on Pumpkinville Pike in Howard County.  A huge celebration was held in which Haynes himself was the honored guest.
Zip1963     The United States Post Office introduced the Zone Improvement Plan, otherwise known as Zip Codes.  Indiana, along with Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan, was assigned a first number of “4.”  The next four numbers identified sections and areas of the postal district.  (Pictured:  Mr. Zip as he appeared in 1963.)
Sandra1966     Sandra Spuzich became the first Hoosier to win the United States Women’s Open Golf Tournament.  Born in Indianapolis, she graduated from Washington High School and Indiana University.  She was an amateur golfer who taught physical education before deciding to join the Ladies Pro Golf Association. She competed in the LPGA for over 30 years.
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50 Years Ago

1972     Campers from all across the United States and Canada gathered at Camp Atterbury for the meeting of the National Campers and Hikers Association.  More than 43,000 had signed up for the event, which included over 11,000 camping sites. The campground was a huge city which included a fire department, bus line, telephone office, radio station, doctor’s office, security force, post office, two supermarkets, and a restaurant.

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Match the State Park Inn to its location.

 1.  Abe Martin Lodge                     2.  Potawatomi Inn                         3.  Canyon Inn                               4.  Clifty Inn

 A.  McCormick’s Creek State Park   B.  Clifty Falls State Park             C.  Brown County State Park       D.  Pokagon State Park

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Born in Acton, she became an actress who appeared in Vaudeville and on Broadway. She became best known in movies and for many years was a contract player for MGM.  Can you name this popular Hoosier who died in 1975 at the age of 85?

The answer is below.

Hoosier Quote of the Week

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     “I have learned to value life, to cherish it, to put my priorities in order – and to begin my long-postponed dream of being useful in my own right.”

– – – Marvella Bayh (1933 – 1979)

     Born in Oklahoma, Marvella Hern married Birch Bayh (from Terre Haute) and helped him win a seat in the Indiana House of Representatives and later the United States Senate.

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Answers:  1. C   2. D   3. A   4. B

Answer to “Hoosier Guess Who:”     Marjorie Main appeared in nearly 100 films and is best remembered as “Ma” in the popular MGM “Ma and Pa Kettle” series in the 1950s.

Supreme Court Ruling In West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan Issued The Following Statement:

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“As a public health agency, EPA’s number one responsibility is to protect people’s health, especially those who are on the front lines of environmental pollution. Make no mistake: we will never waver from that responsibility.

While I am deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision, we are committed to using the full scope of EPA’s authorities to protect communities and reduce the pollution that is driving climate change. We will move forward to provide certainty and transparency for the energy sector, which will support the industry’s ongoing efforts to grow our clean energy economy.

At this moment, when the impacts of the climate crisis are becoming ever more disruptive, costing billions of dollars every year from floods, wildfires, droughts and sea level rise, and jeopardizing the safety of millions of Americans, the Court’s ruling is disheartening.

Ambitious climate action presents a singular opportunity to ensure U.S. global competitiveness, create jobs, lower costs for families, and protect people’s health and wellbeing, especially those who’ve long suffered the burden of inaction. EPA will move forward with lawfully setting and implementing environmental standards that meet our obligation to protect all people and all communities from environmental harm.”

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