NKyTribune staff
With just one week of regular-season action left to play in the 2019 Frontier League campaign, it has been announced that the Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, will celebrate former owner, Kim Brown.
“Fan and Kim Brown Appreciation Day” is Thursday, when Florence hosts the Joliet Slammers in the regular-season finale at UC Health Stadium.
The Freedom enter the week a half-game back of the Evansville Otters for first-place in the West Division standings, with five games left to play before the Frontier League Playoff picture is set.
Join the Freedom in celebrating a tremendous season, and the team’s beloved former owner, as the 2019 season draws to a close.
Details of Fan and Kim Brown Appreciation Day:
Game time: 6:35 pm
Gates open: 5:35 pm
Opponent: Joliet Slammers
Activities: The Freedom have a huge night planned for the last game of the year. The entire night is to appreciate the fans and Kim Brown with many Freedom favorites, including:
•Superheroes
•Princesses
•$1 beer
•Giveaways such as bobbleheads, LEGO Freedom players, batting gloves, lightsabers & more!
•TP the Ballpark Post-game (toilet paper provided)
The Freedom will honor Brown with a benefit for her charity of choice, the Rose Garden Home Mission.
Fans are encouraged to buy tickets online and use special offer code: ROSE when purchasing. When the code is used, $5 from each ticket will go back to the Rose Garden Home Mission.
Fans can also walk up the day of the game and get a $5 game ticket WITH a $5 donation to the Rose Garden Home Mission.
Everything in the Freedom team shop will be 75 percent off starting when gates open. Every time the Slammers gets a hit, the discount becomes 5 percent lower. This will cap at 40 percent. Fans that are in line when a hit occurs, will be locked in to the discount available when they got in line.
Save on tickets: Purchase tickets online through the link below or call 859-594-4487 and speak with the box office. Either way can save up to $2 per ticket if purchased in advance of game day. Reserved tickets start at just $10 per ticket in advance, and $12 the day of the game. Parking at UC Health Stadium is free.
Freedom hurler Castellani is pitcher of the week
One day after logging a 4-0 victory to take a weekend series over the first-place, Evansville Otters the Florence Freedom starting pitcher, Mike Castellani, has been named Frontier League Pitcher of the Week.
The week began for Castellani, 24, with a Wednesday start against the Washington Wild Things at UC Health Stadium. He carved up the opposition to the tune of 7 one-run innings, pitching around eight hits and adding three whiffs en route to a 6-2 victory. The one run that crossed the plate was unearned.
Four days later, on short-rest, Castellani took the hill again for the rubber-match finale with the Otters. He stymied the club with the best team-batting-average in the Frontier League over 8.1 shutout innings. The Bucknell Univesity alum sprinkled in three hits, allowed one walk, and struck out four to complete his line in the 4-0 blanking.
Castellani has now logged back-to-back starts without allowing an earned-run, totaling 15.1 innings over that four-day stretch and boasts a 2.55 ERA for the season.
The win was number nine on the season for Castellani, second-most in the league, trailing only Southern Illinois Miners ace, Chase Cunningham who has 10.
The Florence Freedom are members of the Independent Frontier League and play all home games at UC Health Stadium located at 7950 Freedom Way in Florence, KY. The Freedom can be found online at florencefreedom.com, or by phone at (859) 594-4487.