Otters Release 2019 Regular Season Schedule

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The Evansville Otters will open their 25th season when they host the Southern Illinois Miners at Bosse Field on May 10, kicking off the 2019 Frontier League regular season for both teams.
The Frontier League released the schedule for its 27th season, featuring ten organizations playing a 96-game schedule.
Three games will start the season on Thursday, May 9 as the 2018 champion Joliet Slammers will host the Windy City Thunderbolts, the River City Rascals will welcome the Washington Wild Things in a battle of 2018 division winners, and the Florence Freedom will host the Lake Erie Crushers. The remaining six teams will open the season on May 10.
For a second consecutive season, the Otters will begin the regular season at Bosse Field. The Otters will host rival Southern Illinois for a three-game series. Evansville went 7-5 against Southern Illinois during the 2018 season, including a 6-0 record at home.
The Frontier League will feature 10 teams in 2019 for the first time since 2006, following the departure of the Normal Cornbelters and the Traverse City Beach Bums to pursue other opportunities.
Each divisional alignment will remain the same minus Normal in the West Division and Traverse City in the East Division.
Teams will play each of their divisional opponents 12 times, along with 12 games against one club from the other division. The remaining four teams in interdivision play will face off nine times with one team hosting six of the nine games and going on the road to the opposing club for the other three games.
The Otters will matchup with the Lake Erie Crushers for 12 games in interdivision play, playing six games at Bosse Field and six at Lake Erie. Evansville will play the remaining four teams in the East Division nine games each, including six games on the road and three at home against the Joliet Slammers and the Washington Wild Things while having six games at home and three on the road against the Windy City Thunderbolts and the Schaumburg Boomers.
Evansville is scheduled for nine weekend home series at Bosse Field in 2019 and the franchise will be celebrating its 25th season and the 104th anniversary of Bosse Field.
The Otters will host the defending league champion Joliet Slammers July 16-18 and the defending West Division winner River City Rascals June 28-30 and Aug. 13-15.
Other highlights from the Otters 2019 schedule include the opening of the club’s road schedule May 14-16 at Windy City and a nine-game road trip May 31-June 9 at the Florence Freedom, Joliet Slammers and the Schaumburg Boomers.
The 2019 All-Star Break will be July 8-11. It has not yet been announced where the All-Star festivities will be hosted.
Evansville’s final regular season homestand will be Aug. 23-29 against the Florence Freedom and the Gateway Grizzlies before the Otters travel to Southern Illinois Aug. 30-Sept. 1 to conclude the regular season.
The postseason format will remain the same as 2018 with two division winners and two wild card teams, regardless of division, advancing to the postseason.
The 2019 postseason will begin on Sept. 3 with the Frontier League Division Series and conclude with a potential Game 5 of the Championship Series scheduled for Sept. 16.