Jefferson City Renegades outfielder Kevin Sanchez was injured in early July and had just three at-bats since July 2 heading into Thursday’s MINK League Championship Series game against the St. Joseph Mustangs. But after pinch-running in the ninth inning, Sanchez came to the plate with two outs and a runner on first base in the bottom of the 10th inning in a game tied at 7. Sanchez blasted the first pitch he saw to right field. The ball bounced off right fielder Brayden Luikart and hit the top of the wall, falling in for a walk-off triple to send the Renegades to an 8-7 victory at Vivion Field.
The Jefferson City Renegades have put together their best season yet in the organization’s short history, and there’s one major reason to be credited. The Renegades brought a roster of roughly 30 players into the season, and they wrapped up their final game of the regular season Saturday with 27 of those guys still showing up every day with the same goal of winning.
The Jefferson City Renegades never trailed Thursday night and ran away with a 16-6 run-rule victory in eight innings against the Nevada Griffons in MINK League play. It was the eighth and final regular-season matchup between the South Division foes, with the Renegades finishing 7-1 against the Griffons.
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