The St. Joseph Mustangs swept a doubleheader against Branson Friday night at Phil Welch Stadium, defeating the Nationals 4-0 and 10-4.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team has now won eight of its last nine games as they improve to 29-11 and they’re 19-10 in the MINK League.

In the opener, the game was scheduled as a seven-inning game but it went extras as the game was scoreless until the ninth inning when the Mustangs exploded for four runs to get the win.

St. Joseph, who was the visiting team because the game was a make-up from a rain out in Branson last month, got their first run on an RBI single from Ryan Abernathy.  Then Trent Hill drove in two runs and Abernathy scored the final run on a double steal.

Hill earned the win in relief as he threw two scoreless innings.  Jeremiah Figueroa started the game and he went five innings, allowing only two hits.  The National only had three hits the enitre game.

In game two, the Mustangs jumped out to a quick lead as they scored two in the first inning, two more in the third and four runs in the fourth inning.

Branson scored four in the sixth, but that was as close as they’d get as Jake Jones earned the win for St. Joe.

He threw five scoreless innings and allowed just three hits.  Jones struck out seven and walked two.

Mike Sherburne went 3-for-4 in the nightcap as he also drove in three runs.  Abernathy and Joe Koeper added two hits, two runs and two RBI each.

The Mustangs play another doubleheader Saturday night as they host Ozark inside Phil Welch Stadium.  The first pitch of game one is set for 5:00 p.m.