The Southern Illinois Miners (36-29) beat the Evansville Otters (29-35) 4-1 on Thursday at Rent One Park, Marion, IL behind Danny Hernandez, who went 1-4 and hit a home run.
He homered in the second inning.Cody Hall picked up the win for the Southern Illinois Miners. Hall pitched 7 2/3 innings and allowed one earned run, three hits and four walks while striking out one.
Ryan Zamorsky ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with his sixth loss of the year. He lasted just six innings, walked one, struck out two, and allowed three runs.