The St. Joseph Mustangs used a four-run eighth inning to rally past Omaha Friday night at Phil Welch Stadium and they defeated the Diamond Spirit 6-4.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team has now won a season-high four straight games as they improve to 12-8 and 8-8 in the MINK League.

The Mustangs fell behind early 3-0 and were down 4-2 heading to the bottom of the eighth inning.

St. Joseph had one runner on with two outs when the rally began for the Mustangs.  Omaha make things easier for St. Joe as they committed four errors in the inning and St. Joseph scored four runs with two outs and three were unearned.

Connor Foreman and Payton Scarbrough each had an RBI in the inning.

Jarrod Miller recorded the final out of the eighth inning to get the win, while Ethan Appleby picked up his third save as he worked a scoreless ninth.

Dixon Marble made the start and he last 7.2 innings, allowing 10 hits and four runs.  He struck out three and didn’t walk a batter.

Foreman, Scarbrough, Griff Gordon and Eric Swain had two hits each to lead the 11-hit attack for the Mustangs.

St. Joseph is back in action Saturday as they host Sedalia at 7:00 p.m.  The game will be broadcast live on 680 KFEQ and here on StJosephPost.com.