Beach Bums Drop Fourth in a Row
July 30, 2017 - Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
EVANSVILLE, IN - The Traverse City Beach Bums(24-37), for their second straight game, gave up a big fourth inning in falling to the Evansville Otters(36-25) by a final score of 6-1.
With two outs in the first inning, Evansville took an early 1-0 lead on a solo home run by Dane Phillips. The Otters added to their advantage with a fourth inning that brought nine men to the plate. John Schultz led off the frame with a solo home run. Later, Lance Montano hit a two-run double, Christopher Riopedre hit an RBI double, then scored on a throwing error, making it a 6-0 game.
In the seventh, the Beach Bums put together a small rally to get their first run of the series. With one out, Arby Fields reached on a fielding error then moved to second when John Montgomery walked. Two batters later, Josh Hauser slipped a single into left field, scoring Fields, pulling Traverse City within five, but that's as close as they would come.
Max Duval hurled a complete game for Evansville, allowing one unearned run on five hits and a walk while he struck out 10. He improves to 8-2. Kramer Champlin went four innings in the loss to fall to 6-4 on the year. He allowed nine hits, six runs, five of them earned, and struck out five.
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