Southern Illinois Scores Late Run for 6-5 win
Published on August 31, 2010 under Frontier League (FL)
Evansville Otters News Release
(MARION, Ill.) - The Southern Illinois Miners lost a four-run advantage but scored a go-ahead run late in a 6-5 win against the Evansville Otters on Tuesday night.
The Otters scored an early run on a first-inning RBI single by Vinnie Scarduzio but lost the lead in the next inning. In the 2nd, outfielder Kent Gerst doubled to erase the deficit and produce a 2-1 lead for the Miners.
Southern Illinois expanded the lead to four by batting around in the fifth inning, only to see the Evansville Otters duplicate the feat to tie the game at 5. Billy Killian walked with the bases loaded to pull within a run before Nick D'Amico reached on a fielder's choice to even up the score.
The game would stay 5-5 into the bottom of the 8th inning when Southern Illinois scored the go-ahead game-winning run on an RBI single by Justin Randall.
Reliever Jake McMurran stayed in to pitch a scoreless ninth inning as he secured the 6-5 win.
Both starters, Andrew Paulauskas for Southern Illinois and Kyle Barry for Evansville, did not factor into the decision. The win goes to McMurran (5-1) who threw the final 1 1/3 innings for the Miners. The loss goes to Otters lefty Patrick Crider (1-1) who allowed the final run in his two innings of relief.
Southern Illinois enhances their record to 62-30 as the Evansville Otters are 35-55.
The Otters and Miners play their final meeting of the season tomorrow night in the series finale. Evansville will look to avoid a sweep with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 PM CDT.
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