Harrisburg defeats West Frankfort 8-1

By Bruce A. Fasol

The visiting Harrisburg Bulldogs defeated the West Frankfort Redbirds 8-1 Monday night in an Ohio Division game.

The starting pitchers for the game ( Harrisburg’s Chris Younger and WF’s Ethan Sisk) held each other scoreless for three innings. It was in the fourth that Harrisburg broke the game open. Younger went on to one-hit the Birds for the victory. It was Harrisburg’s 10th win of the season.

The lone hit for the Redbirds came from Chase Mclaren who had an RBI single in the 5th to break up the shutout.

The Redbirds travel to Murphysboro for another SIRR Ohio Division game at 4:30pm Tuesday.

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