FL Evansville Otters

Otters Topple Beach Bums in Series Opener

Published on June 15, 2018 under Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release


EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Behind a strong pitching performance from Randy Wynne, the Evansville Otters topped the Traverse City Beach Bums 7-2 on Friday evening in front of 2,022 fans at Bosse Field.

Joe Lytle opened the scoring for the Otters in the second inning with an RBI single for his first professional hit and run driven in as he put the Otters up 1-0.

Travis Harrison doubled the lead with an RBI single in the third.

Traverse City got on the board on an RBI groundout from Will Kengor in the top of the fourth.

Evansville broke the game open with four runs in the fourth. Manny Cruz ripped an RBI single, which was then followed by back-to back RBI triples from Ryan Long and David Cronin. Jeff Gardner capped off the inning with an RBI single to push the Otters lead to 6-1.

Traverse City got one back on a solo home run from Luke Lowery to cut it to a 6-2 ball game.

The Otters added on a seventh run in the eighth when Harrison walked with the bases loaded to force home a run.

Randy Wynne threw eight strong innings, allowing just two runs, on six hits while striking out five and walking only one en route to his third win of the season. Wynne's eight innings ties for the most innings thrown by an Otters pitcher this season in a single game.

Matt Murphy is dealt the loss for the Beach Bums in his first professional start. Murphy went just three innings, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out five.

The series will continue tomorrow when the two clubs square off at 6:35 p.m. at Bosse Field with fireworks set to follow the game. Saturday's game is presented by the Boys and Girls Club and Slay's Restoration.

Coverage of the series will be on WUEV 91.5 FM and the Otters Digital Network presented by Kruckemeyer & Cohn with Sam Jellinek (play-by-play) and Bill McKeon (analyst) 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.

Tickets can be purchased online at evansvilleotters.com, by calling 812-435-8686, or at the Bosse Field box office. For more information, visit evansvilleotters.com or call 812-435-8686.

Check out the Evansville Otters Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Frontier League Stories from June 15, 2018


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central