The Otters took game one of the doubleheader thanks to a combined shutout.
Evansville jumped out to an early lead when Manny Cruz singled home Ryan Long in the first inning to put the Otters up 1-0.
In the fifth, Jeff Gardner put the Otters up by two when he singled to right, scoring Pedro Barrios from second.
Mitchell Aker struck out the side in the seventh to secure the win as well as his sixth save of the season.
Sean Adler got the win, his first, after throwing two innings of scoreless relief.
Otters starter Patrick McGuff left in the fifth as he threw four innings, while giving up no runs and striking out four before exiting.
Cody Gray is the hard luck loser for the Freedom as he pitched all six innings, giving two runs, and striking out four.
Gardner went 1 for 3 offensively in game one, finishing with an RBI.
In game two pitching was again stellar for Evansville.
Through four innings there was no score but the Otters pounced for three in the fifth to take the lead.
Long brought home a run with a sacrifice fly before Cruz doubled to left-center to score the second run of the inning. Carlos Castro then roped a single to left to score Cruz from second and put the Otters up 3-0.
The Freedom loaded the bases in the seventh with no outs, but could only muster one run on a sacrifice fly from Austin Wobrock.
Aker again shut the door for the Otters as he collected his seventh save of the season.
Randy Wynne was stellar for the Otters as he picks up his second win of the season. Wynne worked 5.2 innings of scoreless baseball and struck out six batters.
Marty Anderson is dealt the loss for Florence. Anderson pitched five innings, allowing all three runs, conceding four hits and three walks while punching out seven.
Cruz went 1 for 2 with a run and RBI in the game two victory.
For the final game of the series on Thursday, the Otters will turn to right hander Tyler Vail. Vail will be making his fourth start of the season. On the campaign, Vail is 0-1 with an 8.40 ERA and 22 strikeouts against just two walks in 15 innings.
Starting for Florence will be righty Steve Hagen. Hagen is 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA in three starts this season. Hagen has punched out 20 batters in 18 innings while walking seven and allowing 10 hits.
Coverage of the series will be provided on both WUEV 91.5 FM as well as the Otters Digital Network presented by Kruckemeyer and Cohn. Sam Jellinek (play-by-play) and Bill Mckeon (analyst) will be on the call.
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