Otters Outlast Rain, Beat Freedom in Series Finale
August 18, 2017 - Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release
FLORENCE, Ky.- The Evansville Otters sat through two rain delays and posted 15 hits in their 8-2 victory over the Florence Freedom on Thursday.
Evansville (43-37) saw their offense surge in the series finale after only scoring three runs in the doubleheader yesterday.
Florence (53-29) lost their longest win streak of the year, ending at nine games with the loss.
The Freedom were the first ones on the board in the bottom of the first inning.
Keivan Berges grounded out to Otters starter Ryan Etsell but brought in Taylor Oldham to make it 1-0.
In the third inning, the Otters took the lead.
Brandon Soat delivered on a two RBI single to score Jeff Gardner and John Schultz.
Nick Walker then followed up with an RBI single to make it 3-1.
Soat finished with three hits on the day.
The game entered two rain delays after the third inning.
The first lasted just seven minutes with the umpires electing to resume play with rain still falling.
Chris Riopedre took a ball and a strike before the game entered its second delay lasting one hour and 28 minutes.
Once play resumed, Evansville opened up their lead.
A Gardner RBI single brought in Ryan Long to give the Otters a 4-1 lead.
John Schultz then drove in Josh Allen and Gardner on a double to make it 6-1.
Florence answered in the bottom of the frame with their final run on a Jordan Brower RBI single to plate Andrew Godbold bringing the score to 6-2.
Evansville added on two more runs in the seventh for good measure.
Riopedre hit an RBI single as part of a four hit day to score Alejandro Segovia.
Long then followed up with his own RBI single to score Walker making it 8-2.
The rain delay forced the starters off the mound.
Ryan Etsell went three innings giving up three hits and just one run while striking out two.
Florence starter Sam Brunner took the loss giving up three runs on six hits in three innings. Brunner also walked three.
Kyano Cummings was awarded the win for Evansville.
Cummings went 3 and 1/3 allowing just two hits and no runs in his third win of the year.
The Otters will return to action on Friday against the River City Rascals.
First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. at Bosse Field.
Fans can listen on 91.5 WUEV and the Otters Digital Network with Lucas Corley (play-by-play) and Bill McKeon (color).
Tickets for August home games are still available by going to evansvilleotters.com or calling 812-435-8686.
Subscriptions for ODN are now on sale and more information can be found at evansvilleotters.com.
The Evansville Otters are the 2006 and 2016 Frontier League champions. Group packages and single game tickets are now on sale. For more information, visit evansvilleotters.com or call 812-435-8686.
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