By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The St. Joseph Mustangs started off a four game road trip by pushing their win streak to three games on Sunday evening, winning over the Sedalia Bombers 8-4 in Sedalia.
The scoring started in the third inning as left fielder Easton Bruce earned a bases loaded walk, bringing across catcher Oscar Pegg unearned after Pegg reached first to start the inning on an error. Pegg would drive in the second run of the game in the top of the fourth, grounding out to shortstop and allowing Bishop Leblond alumni Will Dryburg to score, pushing the lead to 2-0 at the end of the top half of the fourth.
The Bombers would narrow the lead in the bottom half of the fourth when Indy Stanley would get his lone hit of the game, a home run to left narrowing the lead to 2-1 at the end of the fourth. After a scoreless fifth inning, the Mustangs would put the game away in the sixth.
Six runs would come across to score in the top of the sixth, the scoring starting with a Pegg double that drove in two. Following the Pegg double, Lafayette alumni Cole Slibowski would single to score Pegg,advancing to second on the throw, then after Slibowski advanced to third base on a passed ball, fellow Lafayette alum Brayden Luikart would single to bring him home.
Luikart would advance to second on a wild pitch, then after walks to Ryan Callahan and Bruce, Michael Paule would push across both Luikart and Callahan with a single to left, scoring the final two runs of the inning and pushing the lead to 8-1 at the end of the top half of the sixth.
Sedalia would add runs in the sixth, seventh, and ninth innings before the game ended on a throw-out to second base as Bombers shortstop Nic Beech would be thrown out trying to advance.
St. Joseph Christian alum Camden Lutz went the distance, pitching a complete game, striking out two and walking six while giving up four runs on five hits, and earning the win. Micahel Paule led at the plate going 2 for 5 and driving in two runs, Oscar Pegg led the way in runs driven in with three.
The Mustangs are now 28-13 (26-12 Conference play) on the season and now sit 3.5 games ahead of the Clarinda A's in the MINK League North. They'll have an opportunity to extend that division lead on Clarinda on Monday as the road trip continues to Clarinda, Iowa to take on the A's. First pitch will be at 7pm.