OZARK, Mo. - The Mount Mercy baseball team lost to Central Methodist,  5-4, in 10 innings Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Heart of  America Conference tournament at US Baseball Park.

Mount Mercy (26-22) will face Peru State (20-22) in a losers bracket  game Friday at 1:30 p.m., with the loser eliminated.

The Mustangs scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the  game, 4-4. Central Methodist scored in the top of the 10th and retired  the Mustangs in the bottom of the 10th for the victory.

Tito Berdecia and Kobi Candaroma hit solo home runs for Mount Mercy.  Chili Moseley was 2-for-4 and had two RBIs. Collin Shrader was 2-for-3  and scored twice.

Central Methodist     000 031 000 1 - 5 9 2
Mount Mercy           010 010 200 0 - 4 10 1

Schwellenbach, Macias (8), Robbins (10) and McCay. Lohaus, Barnes (6),  Trouten (9) and Day. W - Macias. L - Trouten. S - Robbins. HR -  Berdecia, Candaroma. RBI - Berdecia, Candaroma, Moseley 2.