Gage Bihm made his first start as a Mud Monster, serving as the opener and tossing three innings while allowing two runs on three hits, walking three and striking out three.

The offense would play from behind early as Gateway punched in a run in the bottom of the first. Victor Castillo led off the inning with a double and later came home on a fielder’s choice by Bryson Horne to give the Grizzlies a 1-0 lead.

Ben Cameron, making his first professional appearance, held the Mud Monsters scoreless through two before the bats got to him in the third.

Back-to-back walks to Slater Schield and Jackson Nicklaus put two on for Brayland Skinner, who singled to load the bases.

Kasten Furr grounded into a run-scoring double play to bring home Schield and tie the game at 1-1.

In the bottom half of the inning, Gateway retook the lead after Castillo hit a solo home run off Bihm to make it 2-1.

The Mud Monsters picked up a run to cut the lead in half in the top of the fifth. Skinner and Furr both singled to reach. Kyle Booker hit into a double play to eliminate himself and Furr while also advancing Skinner to third.

Following a walk to Travis Holt, AJ Fritz delivered an RBI single to score Skinner and make it 4-2.

Tristan House came out of the bullpen for the bottom of the fifth, tossing a scoreless frame to give the Mud Monsters another opportunity to continue cutting into Gateway’s advantage.

Mississippi’s comeback came together in the sixth thanks to three consecutive singles from Tevis Payne II, Schield and Nicklaus to load the bases.

Skinner brought home Payne II with his second of three hits on the day to make it a one-run game at 4-3.

The next batter, Furr, plated his second RBI of the day by scoring Schield to tie the game at 4-4.

Holt followed with a sacrifice fly that brought home Nicklaus and completed the three-run comeback as Mississippi took a 5-4 lead.

House remained on the mound and added a scoreless sixth to his line.

Despite a walk by Schield in the ninth, Mississippi went quietly and Chris Barraza came out to pitch the bottom of the frame.

Barraza walked the leadoff man, Mitchell Sanford, but retired the next three batters to strand the winning run and force extra innings.

Playing in their second extra-inning game of the week, Mississippi started with Skinner as the ghost runner in the tenth while Gateway turned to Matt Hickey out of the bullpen.

Furr grounded out to shortstop, keeping Skinner at second. A second consecutive groundout to shortstop by Booker moved Skinner to third.

With two outs and Skinner ninety feet away, Holt lined a ball sharply to center field that Brannen laid out to catch, preserving the tie.

Barraza took the mound in the tenth with Castillo serving as Gateway’s ghost runner. A single by Alvarez moved Castillo to third.

Pecci and the infield met on the mound with Barraza to discuss how they wanted to attack Horne.

After working the count to 1-1, Horne lifted a deep fly ball the other way to Furr in left field. Castillo tagged and sprinted home as Furr’s throw was relayed by Schield, but the winning run crossed the plate before a tag could be applied, ending the game 6-5 and completing the sweep for Gateway.