Adam Lopez kept the River City Rascals (1-5) off the board during his seven innings of work and the Southern Illinois Miners (5-1) beat the River City Rascals, 7-1.

Lopez struck out five and allowed no walks and four hits.

The Southern Illinois Miners left no doubt in the outcome with three runs in the eighth. The Southern Illinois Miners scored in the eighth on a two-run triple by Michael Earley and a sacrifice fly by Wendell Fairley.

Earley racked up two RBIs on four hits for the Southern Illinois Miners.

Clint Wright couldn't get it done on the bump for the River City Rascals, taking a loss. He lasted just four innings, walked three, struck out five, and allowed two runs.