Mustangs trimmed at Heart baseball
OZARK, Mo. - The Mount Mercy baseball team lost to Central Methodist, 5-4, in 10 innings Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Heart of America Conference tournament at US Baseball Park.
Mount Mercy (26-22) will face Peru State (20-22) in a losers bracket game Friday at 1:30 p.m., with the loser eliminated.
The Mustangs scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game, 4-4. Central Methodist scored in the top of the 10th and retired the Mustangs in the bottom of the 10th for the victory.
Tito Berdecia and Kobi Candaroma hit solo home runs for Mount Mercy. Chili Moseley was 2-for-4 and had two RBIs. Collin Shrader was 2-for-3 and scored twice.