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St. Joseph sweeps Branson to snap two-game skid

riggertMustangsThe St. Joseph Mustangs snapped their two-game losing streak Tuesday as they swept a doubleheader at Bolivar against the Branson Nationals, 10-1 and 13-6.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team is now 14-6 this season and 10-6 in the MINK League.

In game one, John Millan made his first start of the season the Mustangs and allowed just one run and five hits in six innings of work.

Kyle Uhrich hit two home runs to lead the offense as he drove in four runs.  Brett Marr, Brady Anderson and Tyler Cox added two hits each, while Cox had two RBI as well.

In game two, St. Joseph blew a 5-0 lead as the Nationals came back to tie it in the fourth inning, but the Mustangs pulled away late with single runs in the fifth and sixth and then six runs in the seventh inning.

Orencio Fisher, Jake Alu, Davey Casciola and Evan McDonald had two hits each, while Fisher scored four runs and Clayton Risch added three runs scored.

Logan Campbell earned the win in relief as he threw 2.1 scoreless innings.  Jacob Hurst started and got pulled in the fourth inning as he allowed five runs on five hits.

The Mustangs close out their three-game series against Branson Wednesday as they play the Nationals at 5:00 p.m. in Bolivar.

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