Southern Illinois Miners

SI Miners owners announce retirement; future of Rent One Park unclear

October 7, 2021 @ 8:34 am

MARION, Ill. (WJPF) — The owners of the Southern Illinois Miners are retiring. Jayne and John Simmons made the surprise announcement Wednesday that...

Longtime Miners owners announce retirement, franchise leaving Southern Illinois ...

October 6, 2021 @ 2:29 pm

Longtime Southern Illinois Miners owners Jayne and John Simmons announced Wednesday afternoon that they are retiring from the Frontier League baseball ownership business. The...

Earley and Westcott voted Postseason All-Stars

September 9, 2021 @ 2:27 pm

Southern Illinois veterans rewarded for outstanding seasons with first postseason all-star nods...

LISTEN: Miners' Ian Walters enjoying team's win streak, transition from college ...

July 22, 2021 @ 9:17 am

Ian Walters has spent nearly two months with the Miners after an exciting SIU Baseball season earlier this year. Walters speaks with John Homan...

LISTEN: Miners' Ian Walters enjoying team's w...

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LISTEN: Westcott takes no-no in to 8th inning, leads Miners to 5-1 victory

July 21, 2021 @ 6:43 am

Zac Westcott retired the first 19 batters he faced in Tuesday night’s series opener against the West Division leading Florence Y’alls. That performance led...

LISTEN: Westcott takes no-no in to 8th inning...

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Miners' lefty Gunnar Kines named Frontier League Pitcher of the Week

July 13, 2021 @ 5:03 am

Marion, IL (July 12, 2021) – The Southern Illinois Miners announce that Gunnar Kines has been named the Frontier League Pitcher of the Week for the week...

Miners' Michael Austin named Pitcher of the Week

June 22, 2021 @ 5:01 am

Right-hander tossed nine scoreless innings, including third no-hitter in Southern Illinois history...

Michael Austin tosses third no-no in Miners history in his debut

June 16, 2021 @ 5:23 am

Marion, IL (June 15, 2021) – The Southern Illinois Miners beat the Lake Erie Crushers 2-0 in the second half of a doubleheader against the...

Kyle Hinton signs with Washington Nationals

June 15, 2021 @ 1:54 pm

Right-handed pitcher becomes 60th player in Miners history to sign with an MLB organization...

Miners' Kaleb Schmidt named Frontier League Pitcher of the Week

June 14, 2021 @ 1:14 pm

Marion, IL (June 14, 2021) – The Southern Illinois Miners are pleased to announce that rookie right-handed pitcher Kaleb Schmidt has been selected as the Frontier League...