The St. Joseph Mustangs wrapped up home-field advantage in the MINK League Championship series as they won their regular season finale Monday at Clarinda 8-4.
St. Joe’s summer college baseball team finishes the regular season 38-15 and 29-14 in the MINK League.
The Mustangs broke open a 3-2 game in the top of the sixth inning as they scored four runs to grab a 7-2 lead and then added another run in the eighth.
The A’s tallied two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning but St. Joseph went on to their fifth win in their last six games.
Mike Sherburne led the Mustangs offense as he finished 2-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and one run scored. Kyle Richards added three hits and Tanner Lubach drove in two runs.
Miles Gully started the game but received a no-decision as he lasted 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on five hits.
Trent Kinney earned his third win in relief as he threw 2.1 scoreless innings.
The Mustangs play Sedalia in the best-of-three MINK League Championship series beginning Wednesday. Game one will be played at Sedalia with games two and three played inside St. Joseph’s Phil Welch Stadium. Game two is on Thursday and the if necessary game three will be on Friday. All games will start at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on 680 KFEQ or ESPN 1550, as well as here on StJosephPost.com.
St. Joseph went 3-1 against the Bombers during the regular season.