Nick Salotti went 5-for-5 with a double, a home run and three runs batted in to pace the visiting Florence Freedom (7-6) to a 6-2 win over the Evansville Otters (9-5) in Frontier League baseball action Wednesday night at Bosse Field in Evansville.

Salotti, who was in the lineup as the designated hitter, doubled home the first run of the game in the second inning, then singled in a run and scored during a three-run fourth to help put Florence in front to stay. Salotti, a native of Palm Desert, Calif. added singles in the fifth and seventh, and tacked on an insurance run with a solo homer in the ninth.

Meanwhile, left-hander Josh Bruns was doing his job on the mound. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Versailles, Ohio native went seven innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with a walk and no strikeouts to run his record to 2-0. Wednesday’s game marked the first time in 18 career appearances with the Freedom that Bruns failed to strike out at least one batter. Relievers Yosandy Ibanez and Cody Castle finished up with a scoreless inning each to send Evansville to its fifth straight defeat since a season-opening nine-game winning streak.

Right fielder Angel Molina provided the go-ahead run for the Freedom with a lead-off homer in the fourth off Otters starter Ben Foster (1-1). Center fielder Garth McKinney added a triple and two walks with two runs scored. Shortstop Christian Lopez reached base three times on a single and two walks, stole a base and scored a run.

Evansville got on the board in the third on a two-out RBI single by left fielder Justin Randall. The Otters notched their final tally in the fourth courtesy of back-to-back doubles from right fielder Jose Pineda and DH Christina Reyes. Third baseman Matt Reynolds and Reyes collected two hits each to account for four of the Otters’ total of seven hits.

The two teams wrap up their three-game series at 8:05 p.m. EDT Thursday at Bosse Field. Left-hander Demetrius Banks (0-0) will start for the Freedom, while the Otters will send right-hander Michael Hyde (0-1) to the mound.

Florence is 2-3 so far on its six-game road trip. The Freedom return home to Champion Window Field at 7:05 p.m. EDT Friday to face the Gateway Grizzlies in the opener of a seven-game home stand.