The St. Joseph Mustangs split their doubleheader at Sedalia Thursday as they won game one 8-7 in 10 innings and then dropped the nightcap 6-2.

St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team is now 16-7 and 12-7 in the MINK League.

Game one Thursday was a continuation of the Mustangs suspended game Monday at Sedalia.  St. Joseph started the day with a 5-1 lead in the top of the third inning and built a 7-1 lead in the fifth.

Sedalia battled back as they scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and then tied the game in the seventh to force extra innings.

Brady Anderson led off the 10th inning with a solo home run and the Mustangs held on for the 8-7 victory.

Louis Mele, Evan McDonald and Clayton Risch had two hits each, while Jake Alu had two RBI.

Steve D’Amico earned the win in relief as he went five innings and allowed one run on two hits.

In game two, the Bombers broke through to snap a scoreless tie with five runs in the fourth inning.  Sedalia led 6-0 when St. Joe finally got on the board with two runs in the seventh.  Jacob Richardson had an RBI single and Kyle Uhrich added a sacrifice fly.

Miles Kilgore suffered the loss as he went seven innings and allowed six runs on eight hits.  Kilgore struck out three and walked three others.

The Mustangs finish their seven-game road trip 4-3 as they return home Friday for a non-league game against the Carroll Merchants.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium and it’ll be broadcast on ESPN 1550.