Showdown with Miners tonight

Tonight at the Yard, our second place Railroaders with a record of 15-9 will face off with the third place Miners with a record of 13-10.  Both teams are working on consecutive game winning streaks, the Railroaders with 4 straight wins and the Miners with 3 in a roll. That will continue for only one of them after tonight’s action. The Railroaders are 1½ games ahead of the Miners, so regardless of the outcome tonight, Fulton will finish the evening retaining the second place spot.

From a league prospective, the Railroaders are currently a ½ game behind the first place Bombers. The Bombers are on the road to Owensboro for a big doubleheader with the Oilers who have lost their last 4 games. The results of those games could greatly affect the standings. Meanwhile the Hoppers are off today and have dropped 5 games in the row. Both Hoppers and Oilers for 7 ½ games out of first. Still almost half the season to go, every game from now on will be important for all teams.

Back to the Railroaders and Miners for tonight.  The teams have met 6 times so far with 4 games left head-to-head.  Each team has won 3 games against each other, that tie will be broke today. Season stats show both teams match fairly even match with the Railroaders’ somewhat ahead in the numbers on offense and pitching. Head-to-head, the Miners have slight edge against the Railroaders on offense in batting average, but the Railroaders are better from the mound with about half the team ERA as the Miners.

Overall Season

Batting Stats
Team	GP	PA	OAB	Avg	Slug	OBA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	SB	HBP	SO
Railroaders	24	1023	828	.279	.384	.392	231	178	34	4	15	149	112	129	24	34	159
Miners	22	917	789	.253	.327	.342	200	157	33	5	5	106	84	93	28	17	145

Pitching Stats
Team	GS	W	L	SA	BF	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	BB	HB	SO	IP	ER	ERA
Railroaders	24	15	9	0	926	192	152	30	4	6	93	71	24	174	214.33	59	2.48
Miners	23	13	10	7	971	217	166	38	4	9	141	114	25	132	206.33	99	4.32

Head-to-Head

Batting Stats
Team	GP	PA	OAB	Avg	Slug	OBA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	SB	HBP	SO
Railroaders	6	256	213	.258	.376	.370	55	38	13	0	4	35	28	29	8	10	48
Miners	6	228	208	.264	.356	.317	55	40	12	2	1	23	16	12	10	5	37

Pitching Stats
Team	GS	W	L	SA	BF	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	BB	HB	SO	IP	ER	ERA
Railroaders	6	3	3	0	228	55	40	12	2	1	23	12	5	37	53.33	13	2.19
Miners	6	3	3	1	256	55	38	13	0	4	35	29	10	48	53.67	25	4.19

All this said, it’s going to be another good game tonight at the Yard between these two teams.  Come on out and watch as the Railroaders fire it up again to make their run towards a season title.  See you at the Yard or online TeamLine.