The St. Joseph Mustangs defeated Ozark Wednesday night in Springfield 13-6 as they won two of the three games in the series.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team improves to 18-5 and they’re 15-5 in the MINK League.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning before the Generals answered with three of their own in the bottom of the third.

It was all St. Joseph after that as they scored in every inning except the fifth and they’ve won three of their last four games and six of their last eight.

Jacob Richardson led the Mustangs’ 16-hit attack as he finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBI.  Jerry Houston, Josh Cassidy, Tony Maselli, Jackson Schnurbusch and Jordan Powell each had two hits in the game, and Scott Braren hit his first home run of the season and drove in three.

Mitch Steinhoff started for St. Joe and didn’t make it out of the third as he struggled with his control.  He walked five in 2.1 innings and he allowed three runs on three hits.

Ross Juliana earned the win in relief as he gave up just one run on two hits in 3.2 innings pitched.

The Mustangs return to Phil Welch Stadium Thursday for a doubleheader with the Chillicothe Mudcats.  The first pitch of game one is set for 5:30 p.m.  Both games will be broadcast on 680 KFEQ and here on StJosephPost.com.