The Evansville Otters (45-24) beat the Frontier Greys (32-35) 7-1 on Thursday thanks to a three-run seventh inning.
The Evansville Otters scored in the seventh on , a single by Christian Cox, , an RBI single by Jeremy Nowak, and a single by Alex Cruz.
Dane Phillips reached base four times. He scored three runs and had one RBI. He singled in the fifth inning and tripled in the eighth inning.
Connor Little pitched lights out for the Evansville Otters. Little held the Frontier Greys hitless over 1 2/3 innings, allowed no earned runs, walked one and struck out three.
A bright spot for the Frontier Greys in the defeat was Max Duval, who allowed only zero runs while striking out five.
Tyler Vail improved to 8-3 on the year by picking up the win for the Evansville Otters. He allowed one run over six innings. Vail struck out six, walked three and gave up seven hits.
Kyle Bogese ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with his fifth loss of the year. He lasted just three innings, walked four, struck out one, and allowed three runs.