Six Run Second Leads Otters to Sweep of Miners
June 24, 2018 - Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Evansville Otters completed a three-game sweep of the Southern Illinois Miners with a 7-4 victory on Sunday evening at Bosse field in front of 1,504 fans.
The Otters struck for six runs in the second inning to break the game open. With runners at first and third, Mike Rizzitello started the scoring with an RBI single to left. A Manny Cruz single then loaded the bases before David Cronin drew a four-pitch walk to force home a run and put the Otters up 2-0. With the bases still loaded, Ryan Long took the first pitch he saw and deposited it over the right field fence for a grand slam, his third home run of the season, which put the Otters up 6-0.
Southern Illinois got one back in the sixth on a Chance Shepard RBI double.
The Otters got that run back immediately in the bottom of the inning on a Rizzitello sacrifice fly.
Southern Illinois mounted a comeback in the ninth inning as they plated three runs on a two-run double from Harrison Bragg and a sacrifice fly from Austin Homan, but it fell short as Kyle Griffin struck out Kurt Wertz Jr. to cap off the 7-4 victory.
Otters starter Austin Nicely picks up his third win of the season after throwing seven innings of one run baseball. Nicely struck out a season-high eight batters and walked only one while conceding just five hits.
Austin Dubsky takes the loss for the Miners. Dubsky threw just two innings and allowed six runs on four hits and three walks.
The Otters will have an off day on Monday before returning to action when they begin a three-game series with the Gateway Grizzlies at Bosse Field on Tuesday evening at 6:35 p.m.
June 26-28 against the Grizzlies will have $2 Tuesday, Day Camp Day and Thirsty Thursday. The nine-game homestand then concludes June 29-July 1 against the Rascals which will be highlighted by Edward Jones Night and postgame fireworks, Heritage Federal Credit Union hat giveaway and Boy Scout Night, and another family fun day. Tickets are still available at evansvilleotters.com or by calling 812-435- 8686.
Fans can also follow Otters social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for game updates throughout the day.
The Evansville Otters are the 2006 and 2016 Frontier League champions. Season tickets, group outing packages, and single game tickets are on sale now for the 2018.
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