Pearl – The Mississippi Mud Monsters became the first team to drop a home series to the Evansville Otters (29-52) with an 8-3 loss on Thursday night.
Brian Williams battled through his five and two-thirds innings as he gave up six runs to the Otters. The offense struggled to put hits together and get back into the ballgame.
Evansville struck first in the top of the first with two singles from their first two hitters. A run came home on a safety squeeze by Logan Brown as the second run came home when Keenan Taylor grounded into a fielder’s choice. Mississippi got a run back in the bottom of the first when Brayland Skinner (1-for-4) and Kyle Booker (3-for-4) singled. Skinner scored on a sacrifice fly by Travis Holt (1-for-3)…