The Miners defeated the Hoppers 9-6 at Elmer Kelley Stadium on Sunday evening.  For a complete box score, click HERE. After a scoreless first inning for the Hoppers, the Miners took an instant 1-0 lead when lead off hitter Addison Rospert hit the first pitch of the inning over the center field wall for a solo home run.  Nolan Ramsey followed a batter later with a double and scored on…

UPDATE: This game has been rescheduled for June 25 as part of what will now be a doubleheader against the Railroaders at Elmer Kelley Stadium.  The first game will begin at 5:00 PM Central Time. Friday night’s matchup between the Railroaders and Miners was canceled just before game time due to rain.  We were hoping to be able to get the game in, but unfortunately the weather would not cooperate.…

The official Miners batting and pitching statistics thru June 18, 2015 (14 games) are below. Miners Batting thru June 18 (14 games) Team Leaders (Batting) Batting Average:  Tyler Greiner (.375) Slugging Percentage:  Nolan Ramsey (.509) On Base Percentage:  Tyler Greiner (.471) Hits:  Nolan Ramsey (19) Home Runs:  Nolan Ramsey (1) Runs Batted In:  Brooks Benson (11) Runs Scored:  Connor Moss (11) Walks Drawn:  Wesley Birchmeier (11)   Miners Pitching thru…

Ballgame Update – Friday Night, June19 The Fulton Railroaders are scheduled to visit Elmer Kelley Stadum tonight, Friday, June 19.  The weather forecast is calling for rain later this afternoon and evening, so stay tuned for further updates. The game is scheduled to get underway at 7:00 pm Central Time.  Let’s hope the weather holds off! July 3 Doubleheader Versus Owensboro The Miners and Oilers will play a doubleheader at…

Madisonville Miners 4, Hopkinsville Hoppers 2  – game 1 in 7 innings.  In Game One of the doubleheader, the Miners held on to beat the Hoppers in Hopkinsville. After three innings of play, Madisonville clung to 2-1 until the seventh and final inning. In the top of the seventh the Miners added 2 insurance runs from 3 singles and a ground out RBI for 4-1 lead.  In the bottom half…

Take Dad to the ballpark on Fathers Day! The Miners will host the Hoptown Hoppers on Fathers Day (Sunday, June 21) in order to make up a game rained out on June 13. The game will get underway at 5:00 pm at Elmer Kelley Stadium. Come on out and enjoy an afternoon of baseball. #wedigFathersDay

Rain Washes Out Oilers Visit to Elmer Kelley Severe weather forced the Miners scheduled game hosting the Owensboro Oilers on Wednesday night, June 17, to be canceled.  Stay tuned for a makeup date. Doubleheader in Hoptown Thursday Night The Miners (6-6) travel to Hopkinsville tonight, June 18, for a doubleheader against the Hoppers (5-7).  The first of the two seven-innings ballgames will get started at 6:00 pm Central Time. #wedigbaseball

(From Dubois County) The league-leading Dubois County Bombers rolled to their seventh consecutive victory last night with a 7-4 win over the second-place Madisonville Miners.  Although Dubois County didn’t always make the most of their opportunities, they did have the most opportunities on this night, and capitalized on just enough of them. Daniel Johnson collected his first of three singles in the home first.  He later came around to score…

Miners win Sunday night in Fulton (From Fulton) The Madisonville Miners (6-5) used early and well-timed hits to beat the home-standing Fulton Railroaders (7-6) to extend their winning steak to 5 games.  The Miners move into second place by percentage points over the Railroaders with both teams now 2 games behind the Bombers. For the Miners Carlton Peppers was 3-for-5, and began the game with a lead-off double and made…

The Miners scored all six of their runs in the 8th inning last night in Owensboro and then held on in the 9th to defeat the Oilers 6-5. The Oilers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead with one run in the 1st inning and two more runs in the 4th inning.  Madisonville erupted for six in the 8th inning as Cory Finkler, Connor Moss, Brooks Benson, and Tyler Greiner…