Otters Fall for the Second Straight Game against ThunderBolts
July 21, 2018 - Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Evansville Otters dropped their second consecutive game to the Windy City Thunderbolts 6-5 on Saturday night at Bosse Field in front of 3,057 fans.
Windy City got the scoring started in the first inning on an Axel Johnson RBI single.
Larry Balkwill hit his second homer of the series to double the Thunderbolts lead to 2-0 in the second. Riley Krane and Terrance Robertson followed with doubles which produced a run and then Omar Obregon brought home a third run in the inning with a single.
Evansville cut the deficit in half in the bottom of fourth with two runs. J.J Gould forced home a run with a bases loaded walk and Jeff Gardner then scored from third on a wild pitch.
Evansville tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Gardner produced a run with a sacrifice fly and Zach Welz tied the game with an RBI single to center.
Tyler Straub hit a solo homer in the top of the eighth to put Windy City back on top 5-4.
Travis Harrison tied the game back up at 5-5 with a solo home run of his own in the bottom of the eighth, his fifth of the season.
Windy City answered right back in the top of the ninth as Krane homered to right to put Windy City up 6-5.
Jack Anderson came on for the Thunderbolts and struck out the side in the ninth to secure the 6-5 victory for Windy City.
Joel Toribio gets the win for the Thunderbolts after he pitched two innings, allowing one run and striking out four hitters.
Mitch Aker is hit with the loss, his third of the season. Aker allowed two runs in two innings while collecting four strikeouts.
Otters starter Keaton Conner did not factor into the decision after going 3.1 innings and allowing four runs on eight hits and punching out one hitter.
Windy City starter Connor Bach also got a no-decision after working four innings and allowing four runs on two hits, seven walks, and seven strikeouts.
The Otters and Thunderbolts will wrap up their series tomorrow afternoon at 2:05 p.m. at Bosse Field which will be Faith Day and a Family Fun Day at the ballpark.
Coverage of the series can be found on WUEV 91.5 FM and the Otters Digital Network presented by Kruckemeyer & Cohn with Sam Jellinek (play-by-play) on the call.
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 season.
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