KANSAS CITY, KS – The Kansas City T-Bones (58-41) won game three of the four-game series with the Sioux City Explorers (56-43), and to say the least, it was a game to remember as they walk off winners after 13 innings, 6-5, in front of over 4,593 excited fans, clinching the southern division championship.

The T-Bones attempted to score first as Casey Gillaspie hit a single off of Exes starting pitcher Taylor Jordan. Then, Omar Carrizales hit a single that advanced Gillaspie to third. With one out away to end the inning Ramsey Romano came up to bat, but was unable to score, leaving the inning scoreless.

Sioux City grabbed the lead in the top of the third, leaving the T-Bones in the dust when Justin Felix hit a home run, making the score 1-0.

In the top of the fourth, Sebastian Zawada hit a single for the Explorers that advanced Jeremy Hazelbaker to second and sent Nate Samson home. Then, Dylan Kelly hit a single that advanced Zawada to second and scored Hazelbaker, making the score 3-0.

The Explorers continued to dominate offensively in the fifth. Starting off was Kyle Wren who hit a single. Then, Drew Stankiewicz hit a double that advanced Wren to second. Shortly after, Samson hit a double that scored both Wren and Stankiewicz, extending the lead for the Explorers, 5-0.

The T-Bones made it on the board in the bottom of the fifth as Stewart Ijames hit a single, and then later Daniel Nava hit a single that advanced Ijames to third. Gillaspie then hit a single that advanced Nava to second and scored Ijames, making it 5-1.

Kansas City brought the game back to life when Ijames hit his first home field home run for the T-Bones in the bottom of the seventh, chipping their way back, 5-2.

Later, the heat got turned up to sizzle for the T-Bones when Christian Correa hit a single and then advanced to second on an out by Danny Mars. Then, Romano hit a double that scored Correa, making it 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth.

And finally, in dramatic fashion, Casey Gillaspie came to bat, crushing a two-run home run that scored Ijames and tied the game 5-5 for the T-Bones in the bottom of the ninth.

Then after three innings of scoreless extra innings, Stewart Ijames advanced to first followed by Nava who advanced on a hit-by-a-pitch. Then again, Casey Gillaspie hit an RBI single that scored Ijames, and the T-Bones walked it off division champions, 6-5.

The winning pitcher was Evan Korson (3-1) for the Kansas City T-Bones, and the losing pitcher was Ryan Flores (3-3) for the Sioux City Explorers.

The Kansas City T-Bones return to play game four of the series tomorrow at 1:05pm at JustBats Field at T-Bones Stadium. 

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