The Chillicothe Mudcats, down 3-0 going into the top of the 7th inning, scored a run in the 7th and two in the 8th to tie Friday night’s MINK League game in Clarinda, Iowa at 3. Â However, the host A’s tallied three times in the bottom of the 8th, emerging with a 6-3 win, as the teams played the first game of back-to-back contests. Â Chillicothe will host Clarinda on Saturday night at 7:05.
Chillicothe was very poor defensively in the loss, committing seven errors. Â Out of six runs scored by the A’s, only two were the direct result of RBI’s. Â Mudcat pitching held Clarinda to only five hits.
The Mudcat offense scuffled, amassing only three hits in the contest, as Chillicothe falls to 1-2 on the season, 1-1 in MINK League play.
In other MINK League finals from Friday night, Joplin went 13 innings to win at St. Joseph 7-6, Ozark took a 6-0 road win at Brandson, while Sedalia doubled up Nevada 4-2.
