The St. Joseph Mustangs won their third straight game and they’ve now won nine of ten after a victory Monday night at Chillicothe 3-1.

St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team improves to 21-6 and 16-6 in the MINK League.

Chillicothe got a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the second inning by Christian Hoplock to take a 1-0 lead.

The score remained that way until the top of the eighth inning. With one out, Joshua Lincoln was hit by a pitch and then Brady Anderson singled to put two men on base. The Mustangs then got back-to-back triples from Colton Pogue and Drew Standifer to take their first lead of the game.

St. Joseph starter Josh Monson didn’t’ factor in the decision as he allowed one run on four hits in five innings of work. Jaren Kutzke, Nikko Pablo and Jake Purl threw four scoreless innings of relief as Purl earned his first save of the season.

Brady Anderson had two hits and a run scored for the Mustangs.  Lincon, Anderson and Colton Pogue each scored a run, while Pogue had two runs batted in.

St. Joseph is back on the road Tuesday as they play at Clarinda. the first pitch is at 7:00 p.m.