The St. Joseph Mustangs inched closer to wrapping up the MINK League North Division championship Saturday as they blew out Clarinda 13-3 inside Phil Welch Stadium.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team is now 36-14 and 27-13 in the MINK League. They have a 2.5 game lead over Chillicothe with three games remaining. The Mustangs play a doubleheader at Chillicothe Sunday and if they win one game they’ll wrap up the division title.

St. Joseph jumped out to a quick lead in their regular season home finale Saturday as they they scored one run in the second and three in the third inning.

The Mustangs were in control all night and they blew the game open with a six-run seventh inning.

Five different Mustangs had mulitple hits as Trent Hill, Joe Koerper and Brandon Huske had three hits each. Hill drove in two runs and Tanner Lubach scored three times to lead St. Joe.

Jeremiah Figueroa (4-1) earned the win as he went six innings and allowed just two runs on seven hits.

Game one of the doubleheader Sunday between the Mustangs and the Mudcats will be at 5:05 p.m. in Chillicothe. The game will be broadcast on 680 KFEQ Am and here on StJosephPost.com.