The St. Joseph Mustangs earned their second consecutive doubleheader sweep against a MINK League South Division opponent Saturday night at Phil Welch Stadium, as they beat Ozark 2-0 and 8-3.
St. Joe’s summer college baseball team has now won 10 of 11 games as they’re 31-11 this season and 21-10 in league play.
In game one, Mustangs’ starter Ryker Fox threw a seven-inning complete game as he allowed just three hits. Fox improves to 7-1 this summer and his ERA is at 1.01.
St. Joseph scored single runs in the first and second innings as Joe Koeper had a RBI single and Josh Cassidy drove in a run with a double. Francisco Alvarez led the Mustangs with two hits and he also scored one run.
In game two, St. Joe fell behind 2-1 in the second inning agaisnt Ozark but that didn’t last long as the Mustangs bounced back with three in the third and they never trailed again.
Kyle Richards and Trent Hill the Mustangs as he each had two hits and two RBI. Richards added three runs scored, while Eric Wilcoxson scored twice.
Blake Kolons made his first start of the season as he earned the win. He went five innings and allowed six hits and three unearned runs. Kolons struck out three and walked just one.
St. Joseph is on the road Sunday night as they play at Omaha. The first pitch is at 6:00 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on 680 KFEQ AM & here on StJosephPost.com.