Sauget, IL – The Mud Monsters evened up their series against the 44-29 Gateway Grizzlies with a 2-1 win on Wednesday night.

Jackson Smith didn’t get credited with the win, but his performance in his first start of the season was brilliant. The offense came up clutch backed the bullpen in a full team win.

Smith, a Pearl native, was assigned to start a very important game for the Mud Monsters as they needed to even up the series against second-place Gateway. The right-hander has been near perfect out of the bullpen, pitching on many different occasions in whatever inning he asked to pitch.

The offense struggled against Gage Vailes, who gave up eight hits across seven and a third innings. They did manage two runs against the right hander handing him his second loss of the year in 15 games.

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