EVANSVILLE, IN, August 13, 2016 – The Evansville Otters took down the Southern Illinois Miners nine to three in game two of the series. The Otters had outstanding pitching from Tyler Vail and the Otters offense had a fantastic hitting night with 12 on the night.

Vail pitched for six innings, allowing six hits, two runs and had nine strikeouts on the night. With the win, Vail moves to six and three on the season. For the Miners Dyllon Nuernberg started on the mound and received the loss. On the night, Nuernberg allowed five hits, six runs, and had four walks in four innings. Nuernberg will move to six and four on the season with the loss.

The Otters would build a two to zero lead in the first, when Rolando Gomez and Josh Allen both scored. In the third, the Otters would score two more when Chris Breen blasted a two-run homer to score Christopher Riopedre. The Miners would put up one run in the fourth to make it four to one with Brandon Cummins RBI-single. The Otters would answer the Miners with Julio Rodriguez’s RBI-double to bring in Breen.

The Otters would go on the attack in the fifth to put two more runs on the board. Nik Balog would score Allen with an RBI- single, and John Schultz had an RBI-single to score Riopedre. In the sixth, Josh Allen continued the scoring with a triple off the right field wall to score Gomez to extend the lead eight to one.

The Miners would finally make their way back on the score board in the seventh with a two run homer over right field wall from Shane Kennedy. Rodriguez would find his second RBI of the game when he brought in Breen with a single to extend the lead to nine to three.

The Otters (42-32) take on the Miners (51-26) in game three of the series Sunday, August 14. First pitch takes place at 5:05pm at Bosse Field. Tickets available at www.evansvilleotters.com or by phone at 812-435-8686 ext. 21.