FL River City Rascals

Rascals Win in Marion

Published on June 18, 2011 under Frontier League (FL)
River City Rascals News Release


Marion, Ill. - River City scored 10 runs on 13 hits and Josh Lowey (2-2) scattered 10 hits in six innings of work to pick up the win while allowing three runs as the Rascals ended the Miners' eight-game win streak with their first regular season victory at Rent One Park since September 5th, 2009 in a 10-4 win.

The Rascals (17-10) led 3-0 after the third when Jareck West hit a two-run homerun to right after he scored the first run in the second on a lead-off triple and RBI single from Bobby Burk. River City tacked on two more runs for a 5-0 lead in the fourth before the Miners (20-7) got their offense rolling in the fifth.

Southern Illinois scored three runs on four hits to close the gap to 5-3 but Chad Maddox line a homerun to left in the seventh for a 6-3 lead. Stephen Holdren put the game away in the eighth with his eighth homerun, a grand slam to center, that gave the Rascals the 10-3 lead.

Brandon Cunniff and Kirkland Rivers pitched scores frames in the seventh and eighth before the Miners would tack on their last run in the ninth off Ryne Miller.

River City heads to Evansville for a three-game set against the last-place Otters that starts with double-header Sunday at 4:30 central time. Catch all the action on Westplex News-Talk 94.1 or online at westplexnewstalk.com.

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