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Team Effort Leads Miners To Series Win Over River City

by Jason Guerette
The Southern Illinois Miners got a team-wide effort for the second night in a row to beat the River City Rascals on Saturday evening at Rent One Park, this time by a score of 4-1 as Josh Kimborowicz earned his eighth win of the season against no losses, with the Miners improving their record to 34-16.
Kimborowicz (8-0) retired the first seven batters he faced in the game, but ran into trouble stemming from wildness in the third inning, as he walked two batters, gave up a single to load the bases and then a bases-loaded walk to Braxton Martinez to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. With one out, though, the Rascals would only get one run as a fielder’s choice with the putout at home and then a flyout to deep right-center kept the deficit at one run.
The Miners would get that run back in the bottom of the inning on an RBI fielder’s choice by Craig Massey, and then would take the lead for good two innings later when with two outs against Rascals starter Jake Negrete (0-3), Alex De Leon lined an RBI double down the left field line to get the Miners their first lead at 2-1. In the sixth inning, against reliever Reese Gregory, Steve Marino singled and Riley Moore followed with a two-run home run to right, his second as a professional and first at home, for a 4-1 Miners lead.
The bullpen made the lead stand up from there, as four relievers combined to again hold the Rascals off the board late, with Chris DeBoo striking out one in a scoreless ninth for his third save of the season. Kimborowicz allowed just one run on three hits in five innings of work to remain unbeaten on the season, with the Miners record in his starts improving to a perfect 10-0. Southern Illinois also ran their record against River City this season to 7-1.
The Miners will go for the sweep in their final game before the all-star break on Sunday night at 5:05 p.m., with Jarett Miller pitching for the Miners against River City’s Zeb Sneed.
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Jason Guerette is the Grizzlies' Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations and the "Voice of the Grizzlies." 2023 will be his second season with the organization, handling lead broadcasting duties on the Grizzlies Media Network as well as being in charge of all team press releases and game-day media materials.

2023 will also be Jason's ninth season in the Frontier League after spending 2014-21 in the same role with the Southern Illinois Miners. Overall, he has broadcasted close to 800 games in the league, including playoffs. During the baseball offseason, he serves as a play-by-play broadcaster for Manhattan College and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, with games being seen on ESPN+ among other platforms.

In addition to broadcasting, Jason works as a public address announcer for Seton Hall University women's basketball as well as Columbia University men's and women's basketball. He also spent nine years working "behind the scenes" as a freelance board operator and highlight editor at Westwood One for their coverage of the NFL, NCAA football, and NCAA basketball.

Jason graduated from Seton Hall in 2012 with B.A. in Communication Studies and a minor in Broadcasting & Visual Media.

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