Felix Homers Twice as Otters Take Series
Published on August 24, 2025 under Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release
*** Att Header - ASCII
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8.24.2025
Felix homers twice as Otters take series
EVANSVILLE, Ind- The Evansville Otters (37-53) bounced back into the win column with a 9-4 victory over the Windy City ThunderBolts (36-54) Sunday afternoon. Today's win gives them the series win, and the season series win over Windy City.
Joan Gonzalez made his ninth start of the season and delivered another solid outing. He worked through some traffic through four frames stranding six runners and allowing just one run.
The Otters offense came alive in the fourth with some help from a couple hard hits. After a single from JT Benson, LJ Jones reached after a ball got stuck in the glove of a defender. Keenan Taylor hit a double to tie the game followed by Cohen Wilbanks getting hit by a pitch. Justin Felix stepped in and ambushed a first-pitch fastball for Evansville's second grand slam of the season to jump the Otters out in front 5-1. After a scoreless frame from Gonzalez, Taylor hit a second double to add two more runs to the lead at 7-1.
Gonzalez went out for the sixth but some soft contact and a walk scored a run. The bases were loaded and Nick McAuliffe slammed the door, getting three outs while allowing just one inherited run to score on a sacrifice fly.
Evansville entered the bottom of the sixth with a 7-3 lead and Felix added to it with his second home run of the game. Five separate Otters now have had multi-homer games this season.
Jackson Malouf started the seventh and after a single and two quick outs, two singles loaded the bases. Alex Valdez got the final out of the seventh, allowing a run to score but maintaining an 8-4 lead for Evansville.
After a couple of walks in the seventh, Taylor hit his third double and recorded his fourth RBI to extend Evansville's lead to 9-4. Valdez came back and worked a scoreless eighth, then Gunnar Dennis finished it up with three strikeouts to secure the Otters' 9-4 win.
Evansville has now won six of Gonzalez's last seven starts and he has earned five wins in that time. Taylor's four and Felix's five RBIs combined for all of Evansville's runs in today's ballgame.
The Otters get a rest day on Monday before hosting Florence for the final three games at Bosse Field in 2025. The 6:35 p.m. CT game is the final Fifth Third Bank $2 Tuesday of the season with gates opening at 5:30.
All games can be heard on 96.9 WYIR and the Otters Digital Network and can be viewed live on the HomeTeam Network.
The Evansville Otters are the 2006 and 2016 Frontier League champions.
The Otters play all home games at historic Bosse Field, located at 23 Don Mattingly Way in Evansville, Ind. Stay up to date with the Evansville Otters by visiting evansvilleotters.com, or follow the Otters on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
For more information, visit evansvilleotters.com or call (812) 435-8686.
Frontier League Stories from August 24, 2025
- Wild Things Sweep Mississippi Back to Swamps - Washington Wild Things
- ValleyCats Shut out Slammers in Rubber Game Win - Tri-City ValleyCats
- Boomers Sweep Lake Erie - Schaumburg Boomers
- Titans Secure Winning Season, Beat Rox in Rubber Game - Ottawa Titans
- Felix Homers Twice as Otters Take Series - Evansville Otters
- Bird Dawgs Fall in Final Home Game of Season - Down East Bird Dawgs
- Big Inning Fells ThunderBolts in 9-4 Loss - Windy City ThunderBolts
- Boulders Get by Bird Dawgs for Huge Rubber Game Win - New York Boulders
- Crushers Outslugged in Finale - Lake Erie Crushers
- Grizzlies Shut out in Florence Finale - Gateway Grizzlies
- Westcott Dazzles in Complete Game Shutout - Florence Y'alls
- Crushers Clinch Playoffs Despite Being Upended 8-2 - Lake Erie Crushers
- Mud Monsters' Playoff Hopes In Danger After Loss - Mississippi Mud Monsters
- Grizzlies Sweep Doubleheader, Clinch Postseason Berth - Gateway Grizzlies
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
