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Gabe Perry was caught taking baseball bats right out of the hands of the Chillicothe Mudcats last week on Friday in Chillicothe.
That pitching performance made him a perfect candidate to be named The Joplin Globe’s Jailbird of the Week for the third week of the season.
Perry pitched seven innings, allowed six hits, two walks and struck out six batters while the Mudcats managed just one run. Perry went on to earn the win as the Jailbirds won the game 3-1.
The product of Liberty North High School is now 3-1 on the season in five starts. He’s pitched 25⅔ innings with an earned run average of 1.75 and a WHIP of 1.01. He has 20 strikeouts.
Perry was a freshman at Missouri Southern State University last season after playing at Hutchinson Community College prior to coming to Joplin.
Honorable mention
There were other pitchers who made a case to be the team’s most valuable jailbird
Jack LaTurner turned in four strong innings of work that saw him allow just one run in two appearances. He surrendered just one hit and one walk with a strikeout in the outing in which he allowed a run. In his other two-inning performance, he allowed no baserunners and struck out one batter.
Robert Page Jr. turned in a scoreless two-inning outing as well, allowing one hit and striking out two batters. The last pitcher to mention is Rhyn Chambers. Chambers pitched five innings, allowing an unearned run on two hits. But he struggled to find the zone a bit with five walks. He picked up four strikeouts.
As for hitters, Landin Midgett, in limited numbers, shone with four runs scored and four runs batted in to go along with three walks and a 5-for-9 performance at the plate.
Others were Shadrach Salazar (5 for 11, four RBIs and a run), Eric Williams Jr. (5 for 13, three walks, a run and four RBIs) and Drew Vonder Haar (5 for 14, three walks, one run and four RBIs).
The next award for Week 4 will be in Saturday’s edition of the Joplin Globe as the Jailbirds finished up Week 4 action Thursday night. Results for Thursday’s game were not available at press time.
Wednesday game two
The second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader did not make press time either. The Jailbirds (11-7, 10-7 MINK) dropped that contest and saw a four-game winning streak come to a close.
Joplin started with a run in the first inning as it took advantage of two walks. Vonder Haar rolled into a fielder’s choice that he kept from being an inning-ending double play by sprinting to first base safely and bringing a run home.
But the St. Joseph Mustangs responded with a two-RBI single in the top of the third from catcher Boston Bruce to take a 2-1 lead against Joplin pitcher Kolt Ungeheuer.
In the seventh frame, Destyn Dowd, of Joplin, struggled finding the strike zone. Three walks (one intentional) and a hit batter helped just one hit lead to a three-run inning. The Mustangs took a 5-1 lead.
Joplin got a chance to fight back as it loaded the bases in the home half of the seventh and final inning. The games were shortened due to it being a doubleheader.
Midgett came up with the sacks full and grounded out to second base to make it 5-2. Vonder Haar followed with a hard-hit line drive right to the shortstop to end the threat and the game.
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That pitching performance made him a perfect candidate to be named The Joplin Globe’s Jailbird of the Week for the third week of the season.
Perry pitched seven innings, allowed six hits, two walks and struck out six batters while the Mudcats managed just one run. Perry went on to earn the win as the Jailbirds won the game 3-1.
The product of Liberty North High School is now 3-1 on the season in five starts. He’s pitched 25⅔ innings with an earned run average of 1.75 and a WHIP of 1.01. He has 20 strikeouts.
Perry was a freshman at Missouri Southern State University last season after playing at Hutchinson Community College prior to coming to Joplin.
Honorable mention
There were other pitchers who made a case to be the team’s most valuable jailbird
Jack LaTurner turned in four strong innings of work that saw him allow just one run in two appearances. He surrendered just one hit and one walk with a strikeout in the outing in which he allowed a run. In his other two-inning performance, he allowed no baserunners and struck out one batter.
Robert Page Jr. turned in a scoreless two-inning outing as well, allowing one hit and striking out two batters. The last pitcher to mention is Rhyn Chambers. Chambers pitched five innings, allowing an unearned run on two hits. But he struggled to find the zone a bit with five walks. He picked up four strikeouts.
As for hitters, Landin Midgett, in limited numbers, shone with four runs scored and four runs batted in to go along with three walks and a 5-for-9 performance at the plate.
Others were Shadrach Salazar (5 for 11, four RBIs and a run), Eric Williams Jr. (5 for 13, three walks, a run and four RBIs) and Drew Vonder Haar (5 for 14, three walks, one run and four RBIs).
The next award for Week 4 will be in Saturday’s edition of the Joplin Globe as the Jailbirds finished up Week 4 action Thursday night. Results for Thursday’s game were not available at press time.
Wednesday game two
The second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader did not make press time either. The Jailbirds (11-7, 10-7 MINK) dropped that contest and saw a four-game winning streak come to a close.
Joplin started with a run in the first inning as it took advantage of two walks. Vonder Haar rolled into a fielder’s choice that he kept from being an inning-ending double play by sprinting to first base safely and bringing a run home.
But the St. Joseph Mustangs responded with a two-RBI single in the top of the third from catcher Boston Bruce to take a 2-1 lead against Joplin pitcher Kolt Ungeheuer.
In the seventh frame, Destyn Dowd, of Joplin, struggled finding the strike zone. Three walks (one intentional) and a hit batter helped just one hit lead to a three-run inning. The Mustangs took a 5-1 lead.
Joplin got a chance to fight back as it loaded the bases in the home half of the seventh and final inning. The games were shortened due to it being a doubleheader.
Midgett came up with the sacks full and grounded out to second base to make it 5-2. Vonder Haar followed with a hard-hit line drive right to the shortstop to end the threat and the game.
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