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MINK LEAGUE: Outlaws suffer road loss at St. Joseph

By:
SoMo Sports staff reports

 

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The St. Joseph Mustangs defeated the Joplin Outlaws 6-5 in 10 innings on Saturday night in a MINK League clash at Phil Welch Stadium. 

The Outlaws fell to 9-7 overall with the setback, while the Mustangs improved to 10-7. 

With the loss, the Outlaws fell a half game out of first place in the South Division, as Sedalia is now 10-7.

The game was deadlocked at five after nine innings. In the bottom of the 10th, Sean O’Malley delivered a game-ending single through the left side. 

The Outlaws used five pitchers in the game. 

John Kea started and went five innings, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out six. 

Austin Gottula tossed two scoreless innings in relief. Clayton Saporito allowed one run and struck out two in one inning, while Jake Algee pitched a scoreless ninth. Jeb Jenkins took the loss after allowing a run in the 10th. 

Ethan Ellis and Lawson Faria had two hits apiece for the Outlaws, while Brandon Ulmer drove in two runs and Calen Protaskey homered and scored twice. 

Ellis contributed an RBI triple in the third and Ulmer delivered a two-run double in the fourth. The visitors went up 4-1 when a run scored on an error in the sixth. 

After the Mustangs scored twice in the bottom of the sixth, Joplin’s Protaskey homered in the top of the eighth to push the visitors in front 5-3.

St. Joseph tied the game in the bottom of the eighth on Ike Book’s two-run homer. 

In the 10th, Book, who went 3-for-5, singled, took second on a wild pitch and later scored on pinch hitter O’Malley’s game-winning single.  

The Outlaws and Mustangs play again at 7 p.m. on Sunday. 

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