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MINK BASEBALL: Outlaws fall to Mustangs in final game of home stand

By:
Lucas Davis

Joplin left a handful of runners on early while St. Joseph made the most of its early RBI opportunities on the way to a 10-0 win in eight innings over the Outlaws in MINK League action on Monday at Joe Becker Stadium.

The Outlaws had the bases loaded in both the second and third innings but were unable to reach the scoreboard, stranding five runners in the process. The Mustangs made the most of their early run-scoring opportunities, plating two runs in the third, four more in the fourth and another in the fifth to build a 7-0 advantage. St. Joseph added two more runs in the sixth inning with two outs for a nine-run lead and pushed across a run in the eighth to end the scoring.

ON DECK

Joplin hits the road for five games in six days with a matchup at Nevada at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The Outlaws travel to Sedalia on Thursday before a two-game series at Chillicothe on Friday and Saturday before wrapping the week with a road game at Jefferson City on Sunday.

ON THE MOUND

Mason Holten earned the shortened complete-game win for St. Joe after pitching seven scoreless innings on four hits, eight strikeouts and four walks.

Jack Kelly took the loss for Joplin after allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits, a walk and four strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.

GAME ACTION

After Joplin left the bases loaded in the bottom of the second inning, St. Joe took the lead in the top of the third with a pair of runs touching the plate. The first run came home on a Joplin fielding error on a ball up the middle with runners on second and third without any outs, with Rob Butler picking up the second RBI with a sacrifice fly to right-center field for a 2-0 lead.

Joplin looked to answer back in the bottom half of the inning after loading the bases with one out for the second straight inning. Unfortunately, a 6-4-3 double play ball off the bat of Korrey Siracusa ended the threat and the inning.

The Mustangs went to work with the bats again after Joplin failed to cut into the lead with four more runs crossing home in the top of the fourth to push the lead to 6-0. Holton started the scoring with an RBI single to center with the runner in motion before Brady Holden singled to the opposite field in left to score a run and push the lead to 4-0. Jack Wagner followed with a double to the gap in left-center field to plate a run. Butler made it three straight hits that drove in a run with a single through the left side with a runner on second to wrap the scoring in the inning.

St. Joe’s seventh run came home in the fifth inning on an Outlaws’ throwing error and added two more in the sixth when Michael Paule came through with a two-out bases-loaded double to left-center to plate two more runs. Holten picked up an RBI in the eighth on a groundout with a runner on third to wrap the scoring.

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