Illinois Furniture to AM title series

EAST PEORIA — Illinois Furniture advanced to the AM League championship series Sunday with a pair of wins over MRM Consulting at Eastside Centre.

IF posted 3-1 and 8-7 victories and now squares off against the winner of the Pitcher Perfect-Miller Lite series Tuesday through Thursday.

At press time, the third and deciding game in that series was tied 6-6 in the ninth after Miller won the opener, 2-1.

In the IF opener, Jake Smith tossed a three-hitter, striking out six and walking none in eight innings to tie the series 1-1.

Matt Hathcock drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth for Illinois Furniture when he singled home Adam Cunningham.

Mark Radosevic's RBI single provided an insurance run.

In the nightcap, Illinois Furniture won a slugfest that saw all the scoring done in the first four innings.

In the fourth, Cunningham scored the go-ahead run on an RBI single by Danny Fletcher.

Ryan Driskill got the win.