Windy City Sweeps Double Header Over Southern Illinois

Windy City Sweeps Double Header Over Southern Illinois

Source: Frontier League News

MARION, IL – The ThunderBolts won two games over the Southern Illinois Miners at Rent One Park Sunday night, 6-1 and 6-0. It was the Bolts’ first sweep of Southern Illinois since 2008.   In game one, the ThunderBolts (19-31) got on the board in the first inning for the fourth consecutive game as they loaded the bases in front of a Tyler Straub sacrifice fly. They added three more runs in the third. Tim Zier picked up an RBI single and two more runs scored when Blair Beck reached on an error.   Jake Welch ran into some early trouble on the mound but got some help from his defense with three double plays in the first three innings. Welch settled in and struck out seven through six shutout frames.   Ronnie Healy added to the lead in the top of the seventh with a two-run double that put the ThunderBolts ahead by six.   Southern Illinois (24-23) strung together four straight two-out hits in the seventh to get their only run.   Welch (4-2) picked up the win while Kurt Heyer (4-4) allowed four runs for the loss.   Connor Bach was the highlight of game two as…

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