The Joplin Outlaws split a doubleheader with the Sedalia Bombers on Wednesday night at Liberty Park Stadium.
The Outlaws won the opener 13-3 before falling 8-6 in the second game. The Bombers clinched the South Division championship by winning the nightcap.
JOPLIN 13, SEDALIA 3
The Outlaws plated nine runs in a huge first inning. The visitors added single tallies in both the second and fifth innings and pushed across two runs in the seventh.
The Outlaws scored their 13 runs on 10 hits.
Logan Cline had a big day at the plate for the Outlaws, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and six RBI.
Caleb Feuerstake and Jared Toler had two hits apiece for the Outlaws, while Caden Bressler, Calen Protaskey, Feuerstake and Toler all scored two runs apiece.
Jack O’Brien went the distance and earned the win on the mound. O’Brien scattered six hits and allowed just two earned runs while striking out six.
SEDALIA 8, JOPLIN 6
This one was a back and forth affair. Both teams plated two runs in the first before the Bombers added a single tally in the second.
Joplin pushed across four runs in the third, only to see the hosts score three times in the bottom half.
With the game tied at six, the Bombers plated two runs in the fourth.
Jeb Jenkins and Feuerstake both homered for the Outlaws. Jenkins drove in four runs on two hits, including a grand slam. Cade Lott also had two hits for Joplin.
Zach Hill started on the mound for the Outlaws and allowed five earned runs on nine hits in 2 2/3 innings. Ward Richardson took the loss after giving up two runs on three hits in one inning. Bressler tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief.
Austin Droge was the winning pitcher.
Sedalia’s Braden McGinnis went 3-for-4 for the Bombers, who recorded 14 hits in the seven inning affair.
The Outlaws stole their 118th base of the summer, a new MINK League record.
After the split, the Outlaws are 16-20 on the season, four games back of Sedalia (20-16) in the South Division standings.
The Outlaws meet the Bombers again on Thursday night.
