The St. Joseph Mustangs returned to Phil Welch Stadium Wednesday night and defeated the Joplin Outlaws 10-6. St. Joe was the visiting team as the game was a make-up from last month that was scheduled to be played in Joplin.

St. Joseph’s collegiate summer baseball team is now 31-12 this season and 25-11 in the MINK League. Sedalia also won Wednesday night so the Mustangs lead in the North Division remains 2.5 games with six games left to play.

The Mustangs scored two runs in the first inning against the Outlaws and eventually built a 7-0 lead before Joplin finally scored in the bottom of the fourth.

St. Joe pounded out 16 hits as seven different Mustangs had a multi-hit game. Joshua Lincoln and Colton Pogue led the way with three hits each, while Pogue drove in three runs. Jeremiah Figueroa hit his second home run of the season, while he and Josh Williams had two RBI each.

Mitch Steinhoff made his first start of the season and he earned the win. Steinhoff allowed two earned runs on six hits in five innings of work. He struck out four and walked just one.

The Mustangs are on the road Thursday as they play at Chillicothe. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and it’ll be broadcast on ESPN 1550 AM.