Kolton Reynolds delivered a game-ending RBI single to left field in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Joplin Outlaws to a 9-8 victory over the Jefferson City Renegades on Tuesday night in summer collegiate baseball action at Joe Becker Stadium.
The Outlaws had to come from behind in this one.
The Renegades held an 8-6 lead as the bottom of the ninth arrived, but the hosts rallied for three runs in the final frame to earn a walk-off win.
In the ninth, Cole Hill hit an RBI single, Garrett Chun contributed an RBI double and Reynolds followed with the game-winning, run-scoring single.
Reynolds, an outfielder from Crowder College, hit a grand slam in the first inning. Jaret Nelson scored on a wild pitch later in the frame for an early 5-0 lead.
Jefferson City tied the game with two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth.
The Outlaws re-took the lead in the seventh on Nixon Brannan’s home run.
The Renegades tied the game in the eighth and used a two-run ninth to go up 8-6.
Reynolds drove in five runs on three hits, while Brannan, Hill and Chun all added two hits apiece.
On the mound, Sullivan Lane went 5 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four. Eli Stoops gave up one run in 2 2/3 innings, striking out three. Campbell Lyons surrendered two runs in one inning of work, striking out two.
Jefferson City’s Kam Durnin drove in three runs on two hits.
Luke Matschiner was charged with the loss after allowing two earned runs in the ninth.
Joplin hosts Clarinda at 7 on Wednesday night.
