Trevor Walch kept the Lake Erie Crushers (20-29) off the board during his seven innings of work and the Evansville Otters (34-18) beat the Lake Erie Crushers, 8-2.

Walch struck out three and allowed one walk and seven hits.

The Evansville Otters blew out the Lake Erie Crushers thanks to 11 hits, including zero extra base hits. The Evansville Otters scored three runs in the third on the Evansville Otters scored in the third on a two-run double by Josh Allen, a two-run double by Allen, and a sacrifice fly by Dane Phillips.

Nik Balog racked up four RBIs on three hits for the Evansville Otters. He homered in the fourth inning, doubled in the fifth inning, and singled in the seventh inning.

Hunter Adkins ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with his fourth loss of the year. He allowed seven runs in six innings, walked three and struck out eight.