The St. Joseph Mustangs continued their road woes on Friday night at Sedalia as St. Joe’s summer college baseball team lost to the Bombers, 4-3, in 10 innings.
St. Joseph drops to 8-6 this season and 6-6 in the MINK League, but they are now just 1-5 away from Phil Welch Stadium.
Sedalia broke through against Mustangs’ starter Adam Maddox as they took a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning, but St. Joe rallied to force extra innings.
In the eighth, the Mustangs pulled to within one run as Emilio Villanueva doubled home Maxime LeFevre and Kris Koerper hit a sacrifice fly that scored Villanueva.
St. Joseph tied the game in the ninth inning as Kyle Richards came through with a two-out single that scored Jordan Guida to make it 3-3.
Carson Smith allowed the first three batter to reach in the tenth inning to load the bases, and then Sedalia’s Matt Skipper won the game with a single off Chris Green.
Maddox went eight innings and allowed three runs and five hits. Smith is now 2-3 in relief this year.
St. Joseph is back at home Saturday for an exhibition game against a Missouri Western alumni team at 7:00 p.m. You can listen to the game on ESPN 1550 AM.