 In the Championship Series, the Miners took on the Florence Freedom, who had beaten the Gateway Grizzlies in a five-game series three games to two.Again, the Miners opened the series on the road, and again they took the first two games of the series.In Game 1, trailing 1-0 in the third inning, Southern Illinois got back-to-back home runs by catcher Chris Anderson (a two-run shot) and second baseman Cannon Lester to take a 3-1 lead.