The West Virginia Miners (18-12) beat the Butler BlueSox (14-17) 6-2 on Thursday at Linda K. Epling Stadium behind Austin Norman, who drove in three runs.
He tripled in the fourth inning and singled in the first and fifth innings.The Butler BlueSox's lineup had no answer for Reed Bright. The Butler BlueSox managed just two hits off of the the West Virginia Miners' pitcher, who allowed one earned run, walked four and struck out five during his five innings of work.
Kason Kimbrell brought the heat against the West Virginia Miners during his outing. Kimbrell held the West Virginia Miners hitless over two innings, allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out one.
Connor Coward (2-1) was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed six runs in 4 2/3 innings, walked none and struck out six.