Slow Start Dooms Miners in Schaumburg
July 24, 2019 - Frontier League (FL)
Southern Illinois Miners News Release
Schaumburg, IL - The Southern Illinois Miners fell behind by seven runs in the first two innings and were unable to recover, losing the game to the Schaumburg Boomers 12-3 and dropping to 0-5 in Schaumburg in 2019 as well as one game under the .500 mark at 30-31 on the season.
After the Miners failed to score despite getting their first two batters on base in the top of the first inning against former Southern Illinois pitcher Aaron Rozek (4-3), the Boomers capitalized in the bottom of the first inning by scoring two runs, one on a throwing error by Colton Pogue and one on a groundout by Nick Oddo, taking a 2-0 lead on Chase Cunningham. Schaumburg then exploded for five runs in the second inning, batting around and expanding the lead to 7-0 and chasing Cunningham (6-4) from the game thanks to another error, an RBI single by Chase Dawson, a two-run double by Quincy Nieporte and an RBI hit by Oddo.
Rozek settled down on the mound for the Boomers, but ran into trouble in the top of the fourth. Three straight one-out singles loaded the bases for Joe Duncan, who brought in the Miners' first run of the series with a sacrifice fly and made it 7-1. After Ryan Stacy got his first pro hit, another single which re-loaded the bases, Cletis Avery came up and stroked a two-run, two-out single to left field to slice the deficit to 7-3.
Unfortunately, the Miners would not score again in the contest while the Boomers scored a single run in the fifth inning against Andrew Bernstein after two scoreless innings of relief by the right-hander. They also got four more runs in the sixth inning for the final 12-3 score, as the Miners remained three games back of the Boomers and River City Rascals for the final wild card playoff spot in the Frontier League.
The Miners will look to avoid a sweep in a matinee series finale at Boomers Stadium, with a 12:05 p.m. first pitch time in Schaumburg. Ryan McAuliffe will pitch for the Miners against Boomers right-hander Matt Miller before Southern Illinois returns to Marion for a six-game homestand beginning on Friday night.
The Southern Illinois Miners are the Frontier League's most-successful franchise since debuting in 2007, winning the 2012 Frontier League Championship as well as division titles in 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016. 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 their inaugural season. For ticket information, contact the box office at (618) 998-8499. For additional information, visit our website at www.southernillinoisminers.com.
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