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Mustangs win sixth straight as they hold off Omaha 3-2

riggertMustangsThe St. Joseph Mustangs equaled their longest winning streak of the season Wednesday night as the beat Omaha 3-2 for their sixth straight win.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team is now 27-10 and 17-9 in the MINK League.

The Mustangs broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning as Joe Koerper and Nick Sebastian had RBI singles and then in the fifth, Ryan Abernathy drove in a run with a double.

St. Joseph held a 3-0 lead until the seventh as Omaha made it intersting with one run in the seventh inning and they added one in the ninth off Mustangs’ closer Grant Gavin.  Gavin was able to get out of the inning and pick up his fourth save of the season.

Miles Gully started and earned the win as he went 6.0 innings and allowed just one run on four hits.  He struck out three and walked three batters.

Abernathy was the only Mustangs with mulitple hits as he finished 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

St. Joe is back at home Thursday as they host Clarinda at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.

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