The St. Joseph Mustangs defeated Sedalia Thursday night at Phil Welch Stadium as St. Joe’s summer college baseball team won a pitchers dual, 2-1.

Aaron Baker threw a complete-game as he allowed just one run on seven hits.  Baker struck out five and walked two as he improves to 5-1 this season.

Payton Scarbrough was the offensive hero as he gave the Mustangs a 1-0 lead in the third inning with an RBI double that scored Eric Swain.

Then in the eighth inning with the score tied 1-1, Scarbrough lined a two-out double down the right field line to score Swain again and give St. Joseph the lead.

Scarbrough finished 3-for-3, while Swain finished with two hits.

Brandon Huske, Griff Gordon and Zac Johnson added one hit each for the Mustangs.

St. Joseph improves to 18-12 and 14-12 in the MINK League as they return to Phil Welch Friday night for a 7:00 p.m. game with Clarinda.