Otters Outmatch Miners in Series Opener
Source: Frontier League News
MARION, Ill.- The Evansville Otters took the opening game of the series behind powerful pitching and dominant offense 9-3 over the Southern Illinois Miners. Evansville (49-39) put up 16 hits in the effort including three hits each from Ryan Long and Chris Riopedre. Southern Illinois (35-53) struggled on the mound walking eight Otters batters and striking out only seven. Evansville jumped out to an early lead to open up the game in the first inning. Jeff Gardner hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Ryan Long. Brandon Soat drew a bases loaded walk later in the inning to bring in Josh Allen to make it 2-0. In the bottom of the frame, Southern Illinois added their own run on a sacrifice fly from Ryan Lashley to cut the lead to 2-1. The scoring fell silent until the fifth inning when the Otters came alive again. Riopedre hit a two-RBI single to score John Schultz and Soat. Josh Allen then plated Zach Welz on a fielder’s choice to make it 4-1. In the sixth inning, Welz hit an RBI single to score Jeff Gardner. In the seventh inning, Long hit an RBI single to score Riopedre making it 7-1.…
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