The Evansville Otters (34-18) beat the Windy City ThunderBolts (19-31) 4-3 in seven innings on Wednesday at Bosse Field behind Kurt Wertz Jr., who went 1-1.

The Evansville Otters relied on Trevor Walch to eat up innings en route to the win. Walch pitched seven innings and allowed one earned run, four hits and no walks while striking out three.

Zak Wasserman was charged with his third loss of the year. He lasted just 4 2/3 innings, walked none, struck out three, and allowed three runs.