Miners Drop Series Opener In Schaumburg

From the Southern Illinois Miners

The Southern Illinois Miners fell 4-3 on Monday night in 10 innings on a walk-off single by David Harris with two outs against the Schaumburg Boomers in the opener of a three-game series at Boomers Stadium.

In a game that featured eight combined errors, four committed by both teams, the Boomers struck first on back-to-back two-out RBI singles by Harris and Josh Gardiner against Chris Washington for a 2-0 lead. Washington settled down from there, however, as the rookie left-hander would allow no more runs while working into the seventh for Southern Illinois on the hill to turn in the quality start.

The Miners did not score until the sixth inning as they were held in check by Boomers starter Conrad Wozniak. But three consecutive errors opened the sixth by Gardiner at shortstop, bringing home Kurt Wertz, Jr. for the Miners’ first run and making the score 2-1. After Craig Massey laid down a sacrifice bunt, Ryan Lashley came through with a go-ahead, two-run double to deep center field, plating Ben Moore and London Lindley while giving the Miners a 3-2 advantage.

In the seventh inning, the Boomers had runners at first and third base and no one out after Washington departed, but Kyle Tinius was able to get out of the jam with no runs scoring for the home team thanks to a fielder’s choice and a big double play groundout to keep the Miners in front. In the eighth inning, however, the Boomers got their leadoff man in Kyle Ruchim on base on a two-base error by Lashley before a throwing error on Zack Weigel’s bunt by Tinius scored the tying run to make it 3-3.

Tinius got out of the eighth inning without any further damage done, and the game went to extra innings. In the bottom of the tenth, with two outs, a Massey error allowed Sean Godfrey to reach second base. After an intentional walk issued to Seth Spivey, Harris lined a base hit down the left field line to win the game for the Boomers.

Southern Illinois will look to bounce back on the 4th of July holiday, facing the Boomers again on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Zach Cooper will pitch for the Miners in the contest.

The Southern Illinois Miners are the 2016 Frontier League West Division Champions, the 2014 and 2015 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.

Box Score

Batting Stats

Fielding
A: C.Massey 5 (107), R.Lashley 3 (60), B.Wiley 6 (39), B.Moore 2 (16), C.Washington (7), K.Tinius 2 (4).
DP: 4 (B. Wiley(2B) – C. Massey(SS) – C. Massoni(1B),B. Wiley(2B) – C. Massey(SS) – C. Massoni(1B),B. Wiley(2B) – C. Massoni(1B),B. Wiley(2B) – C. Massey(SS) – C. Massoni(1B)).
E: C.Massey (3), R.Lashley (12), B.Moore (2), K.Tinius (2).
PO: C.Massey 2 (79), R.Lashley (17), B.Wiley 5 (27), C.Massoni 13 (55), N.Earley 3 (74), B.Moore 4 (248), C.Washington (2).
SBA: B.Moore (47).
TC: C.Massey 8 (189), R.Lashley 5 (89), B.Wiley 11 (73), C.Massoni 13 (58), N.Earley 3 (78), B.Moore 7 (266), C.Washington 2 (9), K.Tinius 3 (6).

Batting
RBI: D.Harris 2 (36), J.Gardiner (16).
SB: Z.Weigel (5).
Team LOB: 8.

Fielding
A: S.Godfrey (2), J.Gardiner 5 (64), R.OMalley (15), J.Parenty 5 (67), C.Wozniak (10).
DP: 2 (J. Parenty(2B) – J. Gardiner(SS) – S. Spivey(1B),J. Parenty(2B) – J. Gardiner(SS) – S. Spivey(1B)).
E: S.Godfrey (2), J.Gardiner 3 (13).
PB: J.Keller (3).
PO: K.Ruchim (79), S.Godfrey 3 (91), S.Spivey 12 (198), D.Harris 3 (31), J.Gardiner 3 (51), R.OMalley (21), J.Keller 7 (233).
SBA: J.Keller (31).
TC: K.Ruchim (80), S.Godfrey 5 (95), S.Spivey 12 (263), D.Harris 3 (32), J.Gardiner 11 (128), R.OMalley 2 (38), J.Keller 7 (249), J.Parenty 5 (104), C.Wozniak (11).

Pitching Stats

S Illinois
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
16	Washington, C	6.0	8	2	2	2	4	3.20
40	Tinius, K	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	2.28
18	Sessions, C	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	4.38
		9.2	10	4	2	5	4

Pitching
BF: C.Washington 25, K.Tinius 8, C.Sessions 8.
P-S: C.Washington 79-54, K.Tinius 26-15, C.Sessions 23-16.

Schaumburg
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
37	Wozniak, C	6.1	4	3	0	0	3	2.79
33	McDonnell, R	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	5.85
11	DeYoung, D	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	7.71
		10	4	3	0	3	7

Pitching
BF: C.Wozniak 24, R.McDonnell 6, D.DeYoung 8.
P-S: C.Wozniak 96-64, R.McDonnell 22-12, D.DeYoung 27-15.
WP: D.DeYoung (1).

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