Wild Things Drop Middle Game to Otters
EVANSVILLE, In. (July 1) – The Wild Things and Otters played the middle game of the three-game series at Bosse Field and after the opener took nearly four hours and Washington got in front with a run-away victory, the Otters came back to tie the series at 1-1 with an 8-4 win today.
Washington got the game’s first tallies with a two-run first, scoring on a bases-loaded HBP of Jeff Liquori and a sac fly by Caleb Ketchup. The loss marks the fifth time this season Washington has lost a game it scored first in. The Wild Things are now 26-5 in those cases.
Evansville scored six times against Washington starter Esteban Rodriguez in 5.2 innings for the righty. He scattered nine hits and four strikeouts with a run of seven in a row retired at one point and another of four in a row. Colt Anderson was tagged for two unearned runs in the seventh. Landon Ginn worked the only scoreless outing for Washington, getting a shutdown inning in the eighth.
Liquori doubled home a run in the eighth with his second two-bagger of the night and Antonio Monroy singled home a run I the ninth as Washington fought, but left the tying run on deck in the middle affair.
The result sets up a rubber game tomorrow between the top two squads in the Central Division, scheduled for 7:356:35 p.m. CDT.
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