By MATT PIKE
The St. Joseph Mustangs trailed through the first five innings, but rallied late to beat the Sedalia Bombers 7-3 on the road, continuing their stellar season against MINK league opponents.
Sedalia took the lead in the fourth inning on a solo home run by Dalton Miller, a lead they would hold until the Mustangs scored four runs in the sixth inning, a lead that St. Joseph would end up holding onto for good.
St. Joseph first tied up the game on a bases loaded walk to Easton Phillipe, scoring Jack Mosh, and took the lead in the next at bat on thanks to a sacrifice fly by Justin George which drove in Dom Felix. An RBI single by Northwest Missouri State’s Parker Griffith brought home Benton alum Chris Coy to extend the lead, before Phillipe scored the final run of the inning on another bases loaded walk to Trevor McCollum.
In the seventh inning, the Mustangs added three more runs. A sacrifice fly by George plated Felix for the first run. Later in the inning Logan Miller drove in two more runs with a single, bringing home Phillipe and Griffith for the final Mustangs runs. In the ninth the bombers put on their final two runs to narrow the gap, Lance Vickers singling home Sam Russo and Carter Rice reaching first on an error to score Vickers unearned.
Landon Reith earned the win pitching five innings and giving up one run on four hits, striking out five and walking two. At the plate, Felix led the way going 2-for-3 with double, a walk, and two runs scored. Coy was 2-for-5 with a run while Griffith was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
The Mustangs are now 12-2 on the season, 9-1 in the MINK league, and wrap up their road trip tomorrow in Chillicothe, before returning to Phil Welch Stadium for a three game homestand on Thursday.
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