The St. Joseph Mustangs captured their fifth MINK League Championship in franchise history Monday night as they defeated Ozark 13-2 in game three of the MINK championship series inside Phil Welch Stadium.
St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team finishes the summer 37-14 and it’s their third title in four years and the fifth in the last seven seasons.
Ozark jumped out to a 2-0 lead as they scored single runs in the first and third innings, but the Mustangs scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead for good. St. Joe went on to score 13 unanswered runs as they added six in the sixth inning and four more in the eighth.
Jacob Richardson finished 3-for-3 with three runs and four RBI, while Erasmo Gonzalez added two hits and three runs batted in. The Mustangs pounded out 13 hits as Matt Wollnik, Colton Pogue and Drew Standifer also had two hits each.
Josh Monson started for St. Joseph and lasted four innings. He allowed two runs on five hits and then turned things over to Logan Campbell. Campbell earned the win in relief as he threw a career-high four scoreless innings. He struck out five and allowed just three hits.
Mustangs’ manager Matt Johnson was in the dugout for the final time as he announced last week that he’ll step down at the end of the season. Johnson has been the only manager in the franchise’s history as he finished his career with the Mustangs with a record of 320-156.