The St. Joseph Mustangs had their seven-game winning streak snapped Wednesday by Omaha, but they bounced back in impressive fashion Thursday night with a 12-3 victory over Chillicothe inside Phil Welch Stadium.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team scored first with two runs in the third inning and then broke the game open with a seven-run fifth inning.

Chillicothe scored all three of its runs in the sixth inning but never got closer than that.

Benton graduate Jake Kretzer led the Mustangs’ 17-hit attack as he finished 4-for-5 with five RBI.  Spiker Helms and Mark Robinette added three hits each, while Brent Seifert had two hits and three RBI and Kris Koerper went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs.

Andrew Polly (3-2) earned the win for St. Joseph has he allowed three runs and eight hits in 6.1 innings of work.  He struck out four and didn’t walk a batter, while all three runs were unearned.

The Mustangs improve to 29-8 and 23-8 in the MINK League.  They are back at home Friday night as they entertain Joplin at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.