Unexpectedly summoned into a 4-3 game in the ninth inning when Tanner Sears had to leave the mound after only four pitches, Chillicothe Mudcat Steven Ricketts retired all three Carroll (Iowa) Merchants he faced – the last two on strikeouts – to earn his second save of the summer in last Friday’s critical 4-3 road victory. (Butch Shaffer/C-T LCL FILE PHOTO)
CARROLL, Iowa — Partly of their own volition and partly by the grateful receipt of vitally-needed help, the Chillicothe Mudcats’ still-tenuous position in the summer…
