THE ST. JOE MUSTANGS NOW HAVE NO ROOM FOR ERROR.
SUNDAY NIGHT THE LIBERAL (KS) BEE JAYS HANDED ST. JOE THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE NATIONAL BASEBALL CONGRESS WORLD SERIES BY A 7-6 SCORE.
THE MUSTANGS OFFENSE STRUGGLED FOR MOST OF THE GAME BUT TOOK THE FIRST LEAD OF THE DAY WITH TWO RUNS IN THE THIRD INNING.
BUT THE BEE JAYS WASTED NO TIME PUTTING UP A BIG FIVE RUN INNING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD TO CLAIM THE ADVANTAGE.
THE MUSTANGS ATTEMPTED TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT THREE RUN HOLE WITH A SINGLE TALLY IN THE SIXTH MAKING IT 5-3.
THE MUSTANGS THEN PULLED OUT THE DRAMATIC IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH AS THEY SCORED THREE RUNS TO PUT THEM BACK IN FRONT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE THIRD INNING.
WITH TWO OUT AND ONE ON RYAN HOOK TOOK A FIVE PITCH WALK FOLLOWED BY A JOHNNY COY RBI HIT AND A BRENT SEIFERT WALK TO LOAD THE BASES.
DON LAMBERT TOOK A BASES LOADED RBI WALK AND TONY JANDRON THEN HIT AN RBI SINGLE TO SCORE COY AND GIVE THE MUSTANGS THE 6-5 LEAD.
THE LEAD DIDN'T HOLD UP THOUGH, AS LIBERAL'S DESIGNATED HITTER JOE VASKAS HIT A WALK-OFF TWO-RBI DOUBLE TO GIVE THE BEE JAYS A 7-6 VICTORY.
THE MUSTANGS ARE STILL ALIVE AND WILL FINISH NO WORSE THAN IN THE TOP SIX. THEY MUST AWAIT RESULTS TODAY AND TOMORROW BEFORE KNOWING WHO THEIR OPPONENT WEDNESDAY WILL BE.
FELLOW MINK LEAGUE TEAM THE SEDALIA BOMBERS ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE TOURNAMENT AS WELL. THEY PLAY TUESDAY NIGHT IN AN ELIMINATION GAME AGAINST THE SANTA BARBARA (CA) FORESTERS.
