August 12th
Evansville, IN - Otter's starter Justin Jordan kept Gateway hitters off
balance all night, as Jordan tossed 7 2/3 innings, allowing just two
earned runs on four hits, and striking out eight. The Evansville offense
struck first, scoring two runs in the bottom of the 2nd when Daniel Burton
scored on a double play ball and Kyle Smith drove in Ryan Bethel on an RBI
single. The Otters would add two more in the 3rd on a two run blast from
Burton over the left field wall, taking a 4-0 lead. Gateway would answer
with a run in the 4th and another in 7th, before Evansville exploded for
four runs in the bottom half of the 8th on another RBI single by Smith and
a bases loaded triple from Ryan Sickles that cleared tha bags, giving
Evansville an 8-2 victory. Burton finished the night 3 for 4 with a
two-run homerun and two runs scored, Smith would end the evening 2 for 3
at the plate with a pair of RBIs and a run scored, while Sickles added a
couple of hits of his own in four plate appearances, driving in three
runs, and scoring another. After a day off, Evansville will head to
Rockford to take on the RiverHawks in a three game series before returning
home to Bosse Field on Friday, August 17.

Jason Troop
Radio Broadcaster
Evansville Otters Baseball
2006 Frontier League Champions
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