MINERS TAKE 3 OUT OF 4 FROM NC SPIDER PIGS

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Carlos Santana goes Yard 3 times in Game 2

The Miners hoped to make up some ground on the Salem Cowtippers in this series against the North Carolina Spider Pigs.  The Pigs are rebuilding and have some young hitters who should reign terror on league pitching for many years but all the parts are not in place yet.  

Game 1: Pigs 2 Miners 1

Jack Flaherty took the mound for the Pigs and held the Miners to 1 run in 6 innings but Miner starter Steven Wright held the Pigs to 1 run and no hits in 5 and 1/3.  The Pigs picked up the winning run in the 9th when TJ McFarland hit Rougned Odor with a pitch and gave up a game winning double to Matt Chapman.

Game 2: Miners 10  Pigs 3

Carlos Santana put on another amazing performance for the Joplin fans as he hit 3 home runs and and knocked in 5 runs to lead the Miners to another victory.  Matt Chapman hit a dinger for the Pigs in the 8th but it wasn't enough.  Dan Jennings picked up the win in relief of Charlie Morton while the Miners shelled Pig starter Derek Holland with 9 runs in 5 innings. 

Game 3: Miners 7  Pigs 3

Masahiro Tanaka held the Pigs to 2 runs in 5 1/3 innings to pick up his second win on the season.   Feanchy Cordero drove in 2 runs with a 1st inning single to give the Miners a 2-0 lead.
Matt Chapman hit a 5th inning homer in the 5th to cut the lead to 3-2 before the Miners scored 3 in the bottom of the 5th to put the game away.   

Game 4:  Miners 4  Pigs 1

North Carolina sent Nathan Eovaldi to the hill against Miner lefty Danny Duffy in the hopes of evening the series but the Miners had other ideas. 

Joplin jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 4 innings thanks to Freddie Freeman's RBI single in the first and a 3 run 4th with RBI hits scattered between Franchy Cordero, Rosell Herrera and Carlos Santana.  Nathan Eovaldi helped his own cause with a RBI single in the Pig's 5th but it wasn't enough. The Pigs threatened to score more off of Duffy in the 5th but Steven Wright came in and threw 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win.

The Miners finished Chapter 1 with a 17-11 record which should place them a few games behind the Salem Cowtippers in the McGowan Division and in first place in the Ozzie League wildcard race. 

This series was good news for Matt Chapman's family.  Chapman raked Miner pitching throughout the series and deserves All Star consideration.

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