PITCHING POWERS MINERS TO TENTH STRAIGHT WINNING SEASON
Source: Frontier League News
Marion, Ill. (August 9, 2016) – The Southern Illinois Miners got a quality start from Rick Teasley and perfect relief by the bullpen, plus clutch hitting in the middle frames to help them beat the Normal CornBelters on Tuesday night at Rent One Park by a score of 4-3. The win is the Miners’ 49th of the season, clinching a tenth-straight winning season to extend their own Frontier League record. In the bottom of the first, after Teasley (6-3) worked around two singles for a scoreless top half, Steve Marino’s RBI infield single put Southern Illinois up 1-0, but that lead would be short-lived. In the second inning, four CornBelters hits scored two runs to give the visitors a 2-1 lead, with the go-ahead hit provided with two outs by Santiago Chirino. But from that moment onward, Southern Illinois pitching was nearly perfect. The Miners would retire 22 of the final 23 batters that they faced as a pitching staff, and the offense backed them up by getting the lead back in the third inning when Marino broke his bat but kept the ball fair inside the right-field line, scoring Aaron Gates and Shane Kennedy for a 3-2 Miners lead.…
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