So. Illinois Tops River City to Complete the Series Sweep

So. Illinois Tops River City to Complete the Series Sweep

Source: Frontier League News

Marion, IL (July 26, 2018) – The Southern Illinois Miners won their third consecutive game on Thursday night at Rent One Park in Marion, sweeping the River City Rascals with a 3-2 result and pulling within a game of first place in the Frontier League’s West Division in front of over 4,000 fans on Stand Up For Blue Night. After Geno Encina and River City lefty Hector Hernandez pitched two scoreless innings each, Southern Illinois broke in front in the third when Joe Duncansingled and scored all the way from first base on an RBI double by Romeo Cortina for a 1-0 lead. The Rascals would knot the score in the next inning, as after Clint Freeman was thrown out at the plate on a double by Mike Jurgella for the second out of the top of the fourth, Jurgella went to third base on the play and came home on a wild pitch from Encina (2-6). But the Miners answered off Hernandez (8-4), as with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, Jake Willsey worked a walk and Max Dutto smacked his first homer as a Miner over the wall in the right field corner, a two-run shot…

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