Otters best Redcoats
August 25, 2005 - Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release
Chris Pillsbury pitched seven innings of one run baseball and Brian McKenna drove in three runs as the Evansville Otters defeated the Ohio Valley Redcoats 5-2.
Pillsbury and Danny Bonilla dueled to a 0-0 tie through four innings. In the fifth, the Redcoats took advantage of a bout of wildness by Pillsbury. The Otters' righthander walked two in the inning and with two outs, David Munoz singled to score Jaziel Mendoza and give the Redcoats a 1-0 lead.
Evansville came right back in the bottom half of the inning. After Josh Stewart and Rickey Clinton led off singles. Brian McKenna came up next and deposited a 2-2 pitch over the leftfield fence for a three run homer and put Evansville up 3-1. The Otters scored two more in the inning to start the sixth with a 5-1 lead.
Pillsbury was able to work out of a jam in the seventh as Ohio Valley loaded the bases with one out. On a 2-0 pitch, Kaliko Oligo grounded into a double play to end the inning.
Friday will mark the second game of the series with Cody Blackard (6-3) going for Evansville against Ryan Childs (4-8) for Ohio Valley. Game time is 7:05 p.m.
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