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Otters Make Trades with Atlantic League Teams

September 17, 2019 - EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Evansville Otters have made multiple trades to send pitcher Taylor Wright and infielder Ryan Long to the Somerset Patriots and send starting pitchers Austin Nicely and Jake Welch to the York Revolution of the Atlantic League. The Otters will receive future considerations or players to be named later from the respective trades in return. Featuring a 140-game regular season schedule, the Atlantic League's regular season will conclude on Sunday, Sept. 22 with the postseason running into early Octobe... Full Story

Rascals Go out on Top

September 16, 2019 - O'FALLON, Mo. - The River City Rascals defeated the Florence Freedom 7-5 in Game 5 of the Frontier League Championship Series on Monday night, earning their second league title, and first since 2010. The championship marks the end of the team's 21-year run in O'Fallon, as they announced in August that they would cease operations at the end of the season. Outfielder LJ Kalawaia was named the FLCS MVP, and hit a key two-run double in a pivotal six-run seventh inning. The Freedom jumped out to an early start, getting an RBI ... Full Story

Fighting Freedom Force Game 5 Back in Florence

September 14, 2019 - O'FALLON, Mo - Connor Crane crushed a fifth inning solo-homer and the Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, held on to win, 3-2, over the River City Rascals in Game 4 of the Frontier League Championship Series on Saturday night at CarShield Field. In victory, the Freedom force a winner take all Game 5 at UC Health Stadium in Florence, Ky on Monday night. River City (2-2) started the scoring in the bottom of the second, touching Freedom (2-2) left-hander, Mike Castellani (2-1) for one-run to take a, 1-... Full Story

Anderson Walks-Off Freedom in Game 3

September 14, 2019 - O'FALLON, Mo. - The River City Rascals pulled off an incredible comeback on Friday night, defeating the Florence Freedom 4-3 in Game 3 of the Frontier League Championship Series. Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Tanner Murphy and Nick Anderson hit back-to-back homers to stun the Freedom and take a 2-1 series advantage in walk-off fashion. The Freedom jumped out to an early lead, getting a solo shot from Ricky Ramirez Jr. in the top of the first, before Braxton Martinez put the Rascals in front with a two-run blast... Full Story

• Otters Make Trades with Atlantic League Teams - Evansville Otters (FL) September 17
  
• Rascals Go out on Top - River City Rascals (FL) September 16
  
• Rascals Fall in Game 4 - River City Rascals (FL) September 14
  
• Fighting Freedom Force Game 5 Back in Florence - Florence Freedom (FL) September 14
  
• Anderson Walks-Off Freedom in Game 3 - River City Rascals (FL) September 14
  
• Rascals Stun Freedom in Walkoff Fashion - Florence Freedom (FL) September 14
  
• Pumpkin Patch Park Coming to Florence Freedom - Florence Freedom (FL) September 12
  
• Freedom Do It All in Game Two Win - Florence Freedom (FL) September 12
  
• Rascals' Rally Falls Short in Game 2 - River City Rascals (FL) September 11
  
• Miscues Loom Large as Freedom Drop FLCS Opener - Florence Freedom (FL) September 11
  
• Rascals Take FLCS Opener - River City Rascals (FL) September 10
  
• Frontier League Championship Series Schedule Set - River City Rascals (FL) September 9
  
• Freedom Shutout Crushers to Sweep Divisional Series - Florence Freedom (FL) September 7
  
• Otters' Historic Season Ends in FLDS against Rascals - Evansville Otters (FL) September 7
  
• Rascals Complete FLDS Sweep - River City Rascals (FL) September 6
  
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• Boomers' Nieporte, Oddo all-stars, Larson is executive of the year - FL Chicago Daily Herald (September 20)
• Digest: Rascals win Frontier League title; ex-Billiken Gordon on roster at Florida JUCO - FL St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 17)
• Florence Freedom lose Frontier League title to River City Rascals - FL Cincinnati Enquirer (September 17)
• PHOTOS: Florence Freedom bows to River City Rascals in championship game, 7-5 - FL Cincinnati Enquirer (September 17)
• Digest: Rascals rally late, win Frontier League title - FL St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 17)
• Frontier League playoffs: Crushers lose 1-0 to Freedom, get swept out of playoffs - FL Chronicle-Telegram (September 8)
• Otters' historic season comes to end as they are swept by River City - FL Evansville Courier & Press (September 7)
• Gallery: Otters playoffs at Bosse Field - FL Evansville Courier & Press (September 7)
• Crushers suffer season-ending loss to Freedom - FL Lorain Morning Journal (September 7)
• Crushers bring playoff baseball back to Avon - FL Lorain Morning Journal (September 6)
• Otters' rally falls short, Evansville down 2-0 in playoff series - FL Evansville Courier & Press (September 5)
• Otters trail 0-2 in Frontier League playoffs - FL WEHT (September 5)
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