Sauget, IL – The Mud Monsters were one strike from a crucial road series win against the Gateway Grizzlies on Thursday afternoon when Sawyer Smith collected his first professional hit off of Sergio Sanchez, bringing home two runs and handing the series to Gateway with a 5-4 win.

Mississippi (36-38) suffered a fourth walk-off defeat this season three of them coming with Sanchez on the mound in a save opportunity.

Jeremy Peguero who got the start for Mississippi pitched well in his third start of the season. The important job that Peguero had was to keep the Mud Monsters in the game over the first four to five innings of the ballgame. The lefty did just that giving up three hits and three runs over five innings. Two of the runs came on a two-run homerun by DJ Stewart in the fourth.

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