The St. Joseph Mustangs scored two runs in the eighth inning Friday night at Phil Welch Stadium as they rallied for a 5-4 victory over Clarinda.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team led 3-0 after three innings, but the A’s tied the game with three runs in the fourth inning and took the lead with one in the sixth.

The Mustangs’ comeback began with a Kris Koerper walk to lead off the eighth inning and then Jon Wegener single to put two on with no one out.  Jeff Roy pinch ran for Koerper and T.J. Dailey sacrificed both runners into scoring position with one out.

St. Joseph manager Matt Johnson then subbed in Mark Robinette to pinch hit for Ryan Richardson and the move paid off.  Robinette singled with one out and drove in both runs to give the Mustangs the lead for good.

Wegener led the St. Joseph offense with two hits and two RBI, while Cameron Bentley also had two hits.  Jordan Guida had the other RBI for the Mustangs.

Ben Baker earned his second win of the week in relief.  He went 2.1 innings and allowed just one hit and no runs.

Kyle Hassna started the game and lasted five innings.  He gave up four runs on eight hits, while striking out four and walking one.  Doug Shields worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save of the season.

The Mustangs improve to 25-7 and 20-7 in the MINK League.  They’re back at home Saturday night as they host Joplin at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.