The St. Joseph Mustangs won their third consecutive game Thursday night as they defeated the Springfield Arrows 12-2 inside Phil Welch Stadium.

This was the final non-league game for St. Joe’s summer college baseball team as they improve to 31-13 this season.

The Mustangs raced out to a big lead early as they scored two runs in each of the first two innings and added four more in the third to take an 8-0 lead.

St. Joseph eventually led 12-0 before Springfield scored two runs in the seventh inning.

Mitch Steinhoff earned the win to improve to 2-2 this summer as he allowed one earned run and four hits in 6.1 innings of work.  He struck out nine and walked three batters.

Jordan Powell was one of three Mustangs with a two-hit game as he finished 2-for-4 with a career-high four RBI and two runs scored.

Orencio Fisher and Josh Cassidy added two hits each, while Fisher scored twice and Cassidy scored three runs.  Evan McDonald added two RBI.

St. Joe got some help from Ozark on Thursday as they defeated Sedalia 9-7.  The Mustangs lead in the North Division is back to one game over the Bombers.

St. Joseph is back in MINK League play Friday as they host Nevada at 7:00 p.m.