The St. Joseph Mustangs split a doubleheader against the Ozark Generals in Springfield Tuesday, losing game one 9-4 before bouncing back to win the second game 9-1.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team is now 17-5 this season and they’re 14-5 in the MINK League.  The win in the opener for Ozark snapped an eight-game losing streak as they’re now 4-14.

In game one, the Generals jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first and they led 5-1 at the end of the third inning.  The Mustangs pulled to within two runs in the sixth before Ozark put the game away with four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Dixon Marble suffered the loss as he allowed five runs and six hits in just three innings of work.  He struck out four and walked two.

Trent Hill led the offense as he finished 2-for-4 with one RBI.  No one else had more than one hit, but Jerry Houston, Tony Maselli and Ramsey Scott each had one run batted in.

In game two, Blake Kolons got a spot start for St. Joseph and he through a seven inning complete-game for the win.  He gave up just one run on five hits and improves to 2-0 this season.

The Mustangs scored two in the first, one in the second and cruised from there.  They scored in all but two innings and capped it off with a three-run ninth.

Orencio Fisher and Josh Cassidy each had three hits and two RBI, while Ramsey Scott finised the game 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI.

St. Joseph will play in Springfield again Wednesday as they complete the three-game series with Ozark.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m.