Otters Lose Rubber Game
Published on July 21, 2016 under Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release
EVANSVILLE, IN - The Evansville Otters and the Lake Erie Crushers both brought their bats with them with both teams having 11 hits on the night. Only the Crushers were the only ones to bring the runs. The Lake Erie Crushers would beat the Otters 11 to 3.
Preston Olson was given the loss tonight to move his record to 3-2 on the season. Olson allowed six hits and four runs on the night, and did not have much help from his defense with the team allowing four errors on the night. Stetson Nelson was the winning pitcher moving his record to 1-1 with the Crushers. Nelson allowed ten hits and allowed three runs while on the mound.
The Otters brought the game within one in the seventh inning when Kaeo Aliviado scored Denzel Richardson and Chris Sweeney with a single to make it 4-3. In the ninth the Crushers would crush away the Otters scoring five runs to bring the game to 11-3, and Chandler Jagodzinski would come in the bottom of the ninth to shut the Otters down to close the game.
Next for the Otters (34-24) they go on the road to start a three game series against the Schaumburg Boomers (26-32).
First game is Friday, July 22.
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