Otters Look to Avoid Series Sweep at Schaumburg
August 14, 2014 - Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release
(SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS) - The Evansville Otters (45-30) end a three-game road series against the Schaumburg Boomers (46-32) on Thursday night.
First pitch is set for 6:30 pm CDT at Boomers Stadium.
Fans not going to the game can listen live on WUEV 91.5 FM and WUEV.org . Play by play announcer Mike Radomski will have the call beginning at 6:15 pm CDT.
It is Halfway to V-Day and Thirsty Thursday at the ballpark.
Evansville will have RHP William Oliver (1-0, 4.77 ERA) on the mound against Schaumburg righty Cal Bowling (6-6, 5.75 ERA).
Oliver is making his second start with the Otters since signing with the team in early August.
The Otters have never been swept this season. A win on Thursday night would avoid that.
Evansville lost the series opener to Schaumburg 12-5 to last night. INF Shayne Houck hit his Frontier League best 20th home run of the year. The home run also passed Jeff Goldbach (2005) for most home runs hit in a single season in Otters history.
Evansville then lost the middle game of the series 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon. LHP Jose Velez delivered a quality start, going 6.0 innings, allowing two runs on three hits. Evansville pulled within a run with a Shayne Houck RBI single in the eighth but four Boomers runs in the bottom of the inning earned the series win for Schaumburg.
Schaumburg leads the all-time series 11-9 against Evansville. The Otters won two of three earlier this year at home against the Boomers.
The Otters had three players in the Frontier League All-Star game on July 16. 3B Shayne Houck started the contest going 2-for-2. Nik Balog pinch hit and played first base, going 0-for-1 with a walk. Josh Allen finished the night 0-for-2 as a defensive replacement and second baseman.
Houck is on a 14 game hitting streak for the Otters. Outfielder Jeremy Nowak (9) and John Schultz (8) also have extended hitting streaks as well.
The Otters are 20-15 on the road this season with the second best road winning percentage in the Frontier League (.571).
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