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Lumberkings Advance in Prospect League Playoffs

Date:  Source: Clinton LumberKings

The Lumberkings won the Great River Division round with a 4-3 victory over the Normal Cornbelters. The Lumberkings will advance to the Prospect League's Western Conference Championship to take on the Cape Girardeau Catfish on Saturday, August 7th in Cape Girardeau. First pitch is at  7:05 CST.

Ryan Miller got the win on the mound against Normal. Graysen Drezek picked up the save.

Lumberkings had 14 hits in the ball game, highlighted by a 3-for-4 night at the plate for Rayth Petersen and a 3-for-5 night for Jay Beshears. Tyler Dahm added two RBI's, and Brett McCleary picked up an RBI as well.

Saturday's game will be a winner-take-all-game in which the winner will move on to the Prospect League Championship Series next week.

A link to the box score from last nights game is below

http://prospectleague.wttbaseball.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=566242