The St. Joseph Mustangs suffered their third consecutive road loss Sunday as they were dominated in Springfield against the Ozark General, 12-3.

The loss also snapped St. Joe’s summer college baseball teams two-game win streak after back-to-back home wins Friday and Saturday.  They fall to 26-20 this season and 21-20 in the MINK League.

Ozark broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the fourth inning and then they broke the game open in the sixth.

The General knocked Mustangs’ starter Jared Hawkins out of the game and exploded for nine runs to take an 11-0 lead.

St. Joseph fell behind 12-0 before finally getting on the scoreboard in the ninth inning when Lucas Powers hit a two-out, two-run single and Joe Koerper added an RBI single for the final margin.

Koerper, Brandon Huske and Griff Gordon had two hits each for the Mustangs.

Hawkins lasted 5.2 innings and allowed five runs on nine hits.  He struck out three and walked one batter.

St. Joe will close out its regular season Monday when they travel to Chillicothe.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN 1550 AM and here on StJosephPost.com.