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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 ...

On paper, the Jefferson City Renegades enter their first-ever MINK League Championship Series as the underdog against the St. Joseph Mustangs. The Mustangs ended the regular season with the league’s best record at 29-15 and are looking for their fourth consecutive MINK League title when the best-of-3 series opens up at 7 p.m. today 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.

It is fun for the Jeff City Legends just to take a baseball field again. But it is sure a lot more fun when they can beat the Jefferson City Renegades in the process.

The Jefferson City Renegades have been in a rough spell of late and desperately needed something to go their way to create momentum. The Renegades got that Monday night at Vivion Field in Game 2 of their doubleheader against the Sedalia Bombers. After a late-inning rally sent the Bombers to an 8-3 victory in Game 1, Jefferson City rebounded late in Game 2 to tie the contest and sent it to extra innings before walking off a 5-4 win to split the twinbill.

After a slow start offensively, it was too little, too late for the Jefferson City Renegades on Wednesday night against the St. Joseph Mustangs at Vivion Field. The Renegades entered the seventh inning trailing 4-0 and their comeback bid fell just short as the Mustangs picked up a 5-3 win in MINK League play.

The Jefferson City Renegades fell just short in their comeback attempt Friday night and saw their four-game winning streak come to an end after dropping a 5-4 decision to the Nevada Griffons in MINK League play.

The team that makes the fewest mistakes typically wins in baseball. This held true in Monday night’s MINK League contest between the Joplin Outlaws and the Jefferson City Renegades. Joplin committed five errors compared to the Renegades’ zero to help pave the way for Jefferson City to erase an early three-run deficit to pick up a 10-4 victory at Vivion Field.

In a night dominated by pitching, two unearned runs were enough for the Sedalia Bombers to grab a 2-1 victory Wednesday night against the Jefferson City Renegades in an 11-inning MINK League game at Vivion Field.

Boonville Daily News Boonville Pirates baseball coach Adam Arnette had no worries as to whether senior pitcher Cody Garner could finish the game Wednesday night against Wright City in the championship in the Class 4 District 7 Tournament in Ashland. Arnette had several words to describe Garner, which included bulldog and warrior. But in the end, Garner came through just like Arnette thought he would by picking up a complete-game victory against Wright City for a 3-0 victory. Boonville, improvin...