ValleyCats Rally to Stun Mississippi, 10-7
PEARL, Miss. (May 29, 2026) - In the longest nine-inning game time-wise in Mississippi Mud Monsters (8-11) history, it was the Tri-City ValleyCats (5-12) storming from behind to snag a 10-7 victory.
Monster Notes
Mississippi built a six-run lead, but Tri-City rallied late to flip the game.
- Kyle Booker drove in two with a bases-loaded double in the fourth inning.
- Jackson Smith allowed one run on two hits across four innings in his second start of the season.
- Kasten Furr singled home a run as part of Mississippi’s early offensive push.
- The game lasted 3 hours and 38 minutes, the longest nine-inning game in franchise history.
Early Pressure
The Mud Monsters struck first and built the lead.
Mississippi got on the board first in the bottom of the second after Kasten Furr walked to lead off the frame and Samil De La Rosa hit a ground ball that was misplayed by Kai Moody at first base to put runners on the corners.
Vantrel Reed grounded into a fielder’s choice that brought home the game’s first run while recording outs at second and first.
With two away and the bases cleared, Tevis Payne II walked and Slater Schield singled to left field with Payne II running on contact, putting runners at first and third once again. Brayland Skinner followed with a single through the right side to make it 2-0.
Smith Holds Steady
The right-hander gave Mississippi four strong innings.
One run across four
Working with the lead, Jackson Smith took the hill for his second start of the season. After scoreless first and second innings, the ValleyCats answered in the top of the third.
With one out, Dylan Broderick tripled. Smith picked up the second out of the frame by striking out Parker Coddou looking, but a wild pitch to the next batter, Mike Campagna, allowed Broderick to score and cut the lead to 2-1.
Smith allowed the lone run on just two hits across four innings while walking three and striking out three.
Mississippi Adds On
The Mud Monsters stretched the lead to six by the fourth.
In the home half of the third, Jack Holman singled with one out, took second on the throw and later scored on an RBI single by Furr to make it 3-1.
The Mud Monsters added four more runs in the fourth after Payne II was hit by a pitch from ValleyCats starter Luke Delongchamp. Schield’s second single of the day put runners at first and third for the second time in the game.
With the top of the order due up, Mason Martinez was brought in for relief of Delongchamp and, after falling behind in the count, opted to intentionally walk Skinner to load the bases for Kyle Booker.
That decision proved costly as Booker ripped a two-run double to make it 5-1. Back-to-back sacrifice flies by Travis Holt and Jack Holman followed, and the Mud Monsters ended the inning with a 7-1 lead.
Tri-City Chips Away
The ValleyCats started their comeback in the middle innings.
Braden Forsyth came on for the top of the fifth and immediately recorded the first two outs on a fly out and strikeout but walked the next two batters to put men aboard for Kai Moody. Moody cleared the bases with a two-run double to cut into Mississippi’s lead and make it 7-3.
Forsyth got ahead of Jake Reinisch with two strikes before surrendering an RBI single that brought home Moody and made it 7-4.
Things went from Braden to Brayden as newest Mud Monster Brayden Collett came out of the bullpen. Collett, a right-handed reliever, signed with Mississippi earlier in the day.
Collett recorded the final out of the fifth and returned for the sixth, where he ran into trouble.
After hitting the first batter of the inning, Collett walked the next and surrendered an RBI single to Coddou to make it a two-run game at 7-5.
Manager Jay Pecci turned to Connor Langrell, who struck out a batter for the second out before inducing an inning-ending fly out to preserve the lead.
Late Turn
Tri-City tied it in the eighth, then grabbed the lead in the ninth.
Langrell followed with a scoreless seventh inning, picking up another strikeout before handing the ball to Chris Barraza in the eighth.
Barraza entered having not allowed a run in either of his first two appearances of the series. Tri-City found success against the right-hander this time around.
A one-out walk to Coddou put a runner aboard for David Glancy, who tripled to make it 7-6 and a sacrifice fly by Ian Walters brought home Glancy to tie the game at 7-7.
The Mud Monsters were retired in order by Logan Jones in the bottom of the eighth as Barraza returned to the mound for the ninth. A single opened the inning and, after Barraza struck out Aaron Whitley, back-to-back walks loaded the bases. Gage Bihm entered in relief.
Facing his first batter, Bihm walked in the go-ahead run to give Tri-City an 8-7 lead. Ian Walters followed with a two-run double to stretch the ValleyCats advantage to 10-7. All three runs in the inning were charged to Barraza.
In the bottom of the ninth, Nate Nabholz retired the Mud Monsters in order to complete the ValleyCats comeback.
Longest Nine
Friday’s game set a new time mark for a nine-inning Mud Monsters game.
The game lasted 3 hours and 38 minutes, eclipsing the previous longest nine-inning game in Mississippi franchise history by four minutes. The previous mark was set on July 12, 2025 against Windy City.
Next Game
The Mud Monsters wrap up their six-game series against Tri-City on Saturday with a doubleheader. The first 1,000 fans will receive a Hawaiian shirt presented by the U.S. Coast Guard, and Kids Run the Bases will take place following the conclusion of the evening.
Game one of the doubleheader is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. CT, with game two beginning approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the opener.
Mississippi will start right-hander Brian Williams (0-2, 6.53) in game one and left-hander Art Joven (2-0, 4.12) in game two. Tri-City counters with left-hander Brayhans Barreto (0-1, 9.75) in game one and Wes Albert (0-0, 0.00) in game two.
Final Box Score
The full numbers from Mississippi’s 10-7 loss to Tri-City.
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| Mississippi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
Tri-City Batting
| Player | AVG | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | PO | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broderick, DH | .267 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coddou, SS | .278 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Stinson, C | .318 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Campagna, C | .227 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Glancy, PH | .229 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevanovic, C | .129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Walters, 3B | .192 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Moody, 1B | .306 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Reinisch, RF | .393 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry, 2B | .227 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Hext, LF | .179 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Whitley, CF | .333 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 14 |
Mississippi Batting
| Player | AVG | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | PO | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner, CF | .300 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Booker, RF | .250 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Holt, 3B | .314 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Holman, 1B | .318 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Furr, LF | .364 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| De La Rosa, DH | .250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed, 2B | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Payne II, C | .417 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Schield, SS | .352 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 31 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 9 |
Tri-City Pitching
| Pitcher | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delongchamp | 4.50 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Martinez | 4.61 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Jones W | 1.17 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nabholz SV | 3.55 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Mississippi Pitching
| Pitcher | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith | 6.00 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Forsyth | 11.32 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Collett | 13.50 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Langrell | 1.54 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Barraza L | 4.38 | 1.1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Bihm | 18.00 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Batting
Tri-City: 2B: Moody, Walters. 3B: Broderick, Glancy. RBI: Coddou, Glancy, Stevanovic, Walters 3, Moody 2, Reinisch. HBP: Whitley. SF: Walters. DP: Coddou-Larry-Moody, Walters-Larry-Moody. E: Walters 2, Hext. SB: Coddou, Moody, Reinisch, Larry, Hext. CS: Broderick.
Mississippi: 2B: Booker. RBI: Skinner, Booker 2, Holt, Holman, Furr. HBP: Reed, Payne II. IBB: Skinner. GIDP: Reed, Payne II. SF: Holt, Holman. E: Holman. SB: Skinner, Furr, Reed, Schield. CS: Skinner, Furr, Payne II.
Pitching
Pitches-Strikes: Delongchamp 72-39, Martinez 67-36, Jones 10-5, Nabholz 9-7; Smith 69-46, Forsyth 36-17, Collett 15-5, Langrell 29-20, Barraza 48-25, Bihm 17-8.
Batters Faced: Delongchamp 18, Martinez 16, Jones 4, Nabholz 3; Smith 18, Forsyth 7, Collett 5, Langrell 6, Barraza 11, Bihm 4.
Wild Pitches: Smith 2, Barraza 1.
Game Information
Venue: Trustmark Park. Date: Friday, May 29, 2026. Start: 6:34 p.m. Final: 10:12 p.m. Time of Game: 3:38. Attendance: 2,206.
Weather: 86 degrees. Wind: 8 mph SW.
Umpires: HP Jose Muriente, 1B Wes Dunkle, 3B Dylan Graham.
Official Scorer: Keith Head.
About the Mississippi Mud Monsters
Baseball Lives Here. It Just Got a Little Weirder.
The Mississippi Mud Monsters are a professional baseball team based in Pearl, Mississippi, competing in the Frontier League. Built in the mud and rooted in Mississippi, the Mud Monsters believe baseball should be unapologetically fun, a little weird, wildly welcoming, and deeply tied to the place it calls home. Real baseball. Real people. This is swamp-built, Mississippi-made baseball, where the vibes matter just as much as the final score.