The West Virginia Miners (30-18) took down the Chillicothe Paints (31-15) 8-2 on Tuesday at Linda K. Epling Stadium after slamming the Chillicothe Paints with five runs in the fourth inning.

The West Virginia Miners scored in the fourth on an RBI single by Ryan Perkins, an RBI single by David Martinelli, an RBI single by Zach Woolcock, an RBI single by Taylor Kellner, and.

Perkins racked up two RBIs on three hits for the West Virginia Miners.

T J Diffenderfer put himself in scoring position with two extra-base hits for the Chillicothe Paints. He doubled in the first and fourth innings.

T J Trujillo got the win, running his season record to 3-1. He struck out none, walked none and surrendered no hits.

Derek Moore ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with his first loss of the year. He allowed seven runs in 3 2/3 innings, walked two and struck out three.