Miners Beaten Late by Crushers
Published on June 6, 2017 under Frontier League (FL)
Southern Illinois Miners News Release
Marion, Ill. - The Southern Illinois Miners and Lake Erie Crushers were deadlocked at 1-1 through seven full innings on Tuesday night, but an unearned run scored by the Crushers in the bottom of the eighth sent the Miners to a 2-1 defeat in the series opener at Sprenger Stadium.
Lake Erie scored a run with a two-out RBI double from Sean Hurley in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead against Corey Sessions (0-4), but the Miners' right-hander would settle down to pitch a gem, allowing just four scattered hits and one walk with four strikeouts through the first seven innings of the game in the longest outing by a Miners starter this season.
Southern Illinois would tie the score in the top of the third thanks to a two-out RBI single by Nolan Earley, one of his three hits on the night. That made the game 1-1 against Jordan Kurokawa, and the Lake Erie starter also allowed just the one tally in seven innings of work in the game as both pitchers stayed in control of the contest throughout the middle innings.
In the bottom of the eighth, however, Parker Norris led off with a pinch-hit single and moved to second on a passed ball. Josh McAdams then singled Norris to third, and when he attempted to go to second on the play, a throwing error by Ryan Lashley allowed Norris to score from third and give Lake Erie a 2-1 lead. After McAdams was thrown out by Earley trying to score on a fly ball later in the inning, the Miners loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth against Chandler Jagodzinski, but could not scratch across the tying run in the defeat.
Earley led the Miners with a 3-for-4 game that included a double, and London Lindley went 2-for-3 with a run scored. The Miners will look to even the series on Wednesday night at 6:05 p.m., with Zach Cooper pitching for Southern Illinois against Lake Erie's Adam Quintana.
The Southern Illinois Miners are the 2016 Frontier League West Division Champions, the 2014 and 2015 Frontier League East Division Champions and the 2012 Frontier League Champions. They have been awarded the Frontier League Organization of the Year award three times since their inception, and also set a new Frontier League attendance record in 2007, their inaugural season. For ticket information, contact the Rent One Park box office at (618) 998-8499. For any additional information, visit our website at www.southernillinoisminers.com.
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