The San Antonio Missions fell to a 5-16 overall record after going 1-5 last week at home against the Amarillo Sod Poodles. Two of the five losses to Amarillo went to extra innings, and all six games of the series were decided by just one or two runs.
“We were really close in a lot of games and just didn’t get that one big hit that we needed multiple times, meaning in multiple games,” Missions bench coach Brian Burres said. “But we’re close, and I think we’re trending in the right direction.”
Sunday’s series finale was representative of how most of the week went for San Antonio. The Missions held a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning off of a sacrifice fly from Braedon Karpathios before a home run from Amarillo’s Junior Franco tied the game in the top of the eighth inning. The Sod Poodles took a 2-1 lead in the top of the tenth inning before Missions shortstop Carson Tucker hit a triple to tie the game again. While San Antonio had the winning run on third base with zero outs in that same inning, Amarillo ultimately won 3-2 in the eleventh inning…