Beach Bums Drop Weekend Opener in Evansville

Published on June 15, 2018 under Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release


EVANSVILLE, IN- The Traverse City Beach Bums'(12-18) gave up one big inning this evening as they lost the opener of a three game series to the Evansville Otters(16-14) by a final score of 7-2.

Evansville took the lead in the second when Joe Lytle singled in a run. Travis Harrison made it a 2-0 game with his own RBI single in the third. In the top of the fourth, Arby Fields led off the fourth with a single to right then advanced to third on an Isaac Benard double. With that double Benard has now reached base in 21 straight games. Will Kengor drove in Fields when he grounded to the right side, pulling the Beach Bums within one.

In the fourth, Evansville brought nine men to the plate and scored four runs for a 6-1 lead. Manny Cruz hit an RBI single, then David Cronin and Ryan Long hit back-to-back RBI triples, followed by an RBI single by Jeff Gardner. Luke Lowery led off the seventh inning with his third homer of the season, a solo shot to left, but Travis Harrison walked with the bases loaded in the eighth to extend the Bums' deficit to five.

Randy Wynne went eight strong innings for the win to improve to 3-2. He allowed two runs on six hits and a walk. Matt Murphy made his professional debut on the mound for the Beach Bums, going three innings, allowing two runs on five hits and two walsk while striking out five. He is dealt the loss.

On Saturday night, the Beach Bums and Evansville Otters will get together for game two of this weekend's three game series. Tyler Vail starts for Evansville while Reinaldo Lopez gets the call for the Beach Bums. First pitch is scheduled for 7:35pm and Tom Willms will have the call, starting with the Budweiser pregame show, at 7:15pm. It will be two seven-inning games. You can listen along from anywhere in the world at TCBeachBums.com.

The Beach Bums return home on Wednesday, June 27th with a doubleheader against the Lake Erie Crushers. That's two games for the price of one!! Gates open at 4pm for a 5:05 start. For information and tickets, go to TCBeachBums.com or call the office at (231) 943-0100.



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