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July 4, 2010 - Frontier League (FL)
Lake Erie Crushers News Release


AVON, Ohio - The Lake Erie Crushers fell to the Evansville Otters 12-4 Sunday night at All Pro Freight Stadium in front of a season-high crowd of 4,781.

The Otters opened the scoring in the second when Cody Ross hit his first home run of 2010, a two-run shot, to give Evansville a 2-0 lead. That lead would disappear quickly however, as a Travis Vetters RBI-single and a Wayne Bond sacrifice fly knotted the game at two in the bottom half of the frame.

The scoring would continue in the very next inning for Evansville as Derek Wiley drove in Greg Alexander with a double before scoring himself on Jake Rogers' single as the Otters regained a two-run advantage at 4-2.

In the bottom of the third, the Dom Duggan took advantage of two errors as he singled to begin the inning and scampered home after a single to bring the Crushers within 4-3. The Crushers pulled even in the fifth when Eddie Tisdale plated Jodam Rivera with a two-out single.

The game would stay at 4-4 until the seventh. Evansville catcher Billy Killian led off the inning by reaching on an error. Estee Harris singled to put runners on first and third for the Otters and Greg Alexander lifted a sacrifice fly as Evansville took the lead.

The Otters then proceeded to explode for seven runs in the ninth. Derek Wiley hit an RBI-double before Brandon Cohen hit his ninth home run of the season, a two-run shot. Jake Rogers and Vinnie Scarduzio each blasted solo shots in the ensuing at-bats, their third and sixth home runs respectively. When the dust settled Evansville led 12-4.

The Crushers (23-19) have a day off Monday before they begin a three game series at Florence Tuesday at 7:05pm. RHP Phil Rummel (2-3, 5.80) takes the mound for Lake Erie while RHP Andy Clark (3-2, 4.93) will get the start for the Freedom.

EXTRA SWINGS

- Lake Erie pitchers struck out nine in the contest and have recorded 53 strikeouts over five games

- Julio Rivera entered behind the plate in the sixth inning in place of Joel Collins, who was making his first start since returning from injured reserve

- Arden McWilliams, David Phillips, and Nick Maragas all pinch hit in the ninth; Maragas recorded a hit in his first at bat of the season

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