16 Innings In St. Joe

It 4 hours and 44 minutes, but it must have seemed longer for those of the 1,934 fans that stayed to the end. The St. Joe Blacksnakes lost a 16-inning American Association contest to the Lincoln Salt Dogs, 5-3.

The only runs through nine innings were scored on Scooter Jordan’s third inning double for a 1-0 lead. Lincoln scored an unearned run in the sixth when Evan Tartaglia reached on an error and scored on Pichi Balet’s double to tie the game at 1-1.

Twice Lincoln took leads in extra innings, only to see St. Joe rally to tie it both times before the Saltdogs plated two two-out runs in the 16th for the win.

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Having sat through some extra-innings loses, I can feel their pain. But the true fans are the ones that show back up for tonight's game between the same two teams.