The Southern Illinois Miners (63-33) beat the Florence Freedom (49-47) 7-6 on Sunday at Rent One Park, Marion, IL behind Toby DeMello, who went 3-3 at the plate.
He singled in the second and sixth innings and homered in the eighth inning.Daniel Fraga racked up two RBIs on two hits for the Florence Freedom. He singled in the seventh inning and tripled in the eighth inning.
Eric Green improved to 9-3 on the year by picking up the win for the Southern Illinois Miners. He allowed three runs over one inning. He struck out two, walked two and surrendered three hits.
Ed Kohout was charged with his fourth loss of the year. He lasted just one inning, walked none, struck out none, and allowed one run.