Outfielder Austin Wright of the Chillicothe Mudcats strokes a second-inning single during the team’s June 11 home action against the Joplin Outlaws. That contest – suspended in the top of the third inning, due to threatening weather – is due to resume this coming Tuesday at Joplin at the point play was halted a month ago, with the score tied 6-6. This past Tuesday, on an otherwise nearly-feckless offensive night for nearly all of his teammates in a 17-1, 7-innings loss at Sedalia Wright reached safely in all three plate appearances via two walks and a hit by pitch. (BUTCH SHAFFER/C-T FILE PHOTO)
SEDALIA — Trying to make lightning strike twice in the same place in eight nights while dealing with an “X Factor” opposing hurler, a season-long…