Teasley Brilliant Again as Miners Beat Gateway
July 23, 2015 - Frontier League (FL)
Southern Illinois Miners News Release
Marion, Ill. (July 23, 2015) - The Southern Illinois Miners received another stellar start from left-hander Rick Teasley, taking a no-hitter into the seventh and finishing with seven more shutout innings while the Miners took an early lead and piled on in the middle frames for a 6-0 shutout win over the Gateway Grizzlies, taking the series two games to one after dropping the opener.
Teasley (8-2) allowed a leadoff walk to Cody Livesay but then embarked on a remarkable streak of 19 consecutive batters retired spanning the first through seventh innings. The Grizzlies got two hits that inning, but Teasley struck out the side, finishing with six strikeouts and just three baserunners allowed in winning his team-leading eighth game of the season as well as extending his personal scoreless streak to 23 innings in a row dating back to July 9th.
Offensively, the Miners jumped on Gateway starter Donny Murray (0-2) for two runs in the second on an RBI triple to right by Steve Marino and a sacrifice fly by Brian Portelli for a 2-0 lead. They extended that lead to 3-0 with a run thanks to a single and an error on the same play in the third, and then 5-0 with two more in the fifth on an RBI single by Michael Earley plus a stolen base by Earley and another Gateway error.
The Miners tacked on one run in the eighth inning against reliever Dakota Smith on another RBI hit for Earley, his fourth of the contest to tie his season and career high total, completing the scoring. It was the Miners' ninth shutout win this season, and their first win in four tries in a home series "rubber match," going into the final game with the series tied.
Having won five of six games out of the all-star break and six of seven overall, the Miners will now put a franchise-record streak of ten consecutive road series wins to the test when they meet the Florence Freedom in a three-game weekend road series beginning on Friday night at 6:05 p.m. CT. Reigning Pitcher of the Year Matt Bywater will take the hill for the Miners against Florence right-hander Jeremy Gooding.
The Southern Illinois Miners are the 2014 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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