The St. Joseph Mustangs returned to Phil Welch Stadium Tuesday night and they picked up a non-league win against the Kansas City Monarchs 8-1.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team improves to 29-13 and they remain 23-12 in the MINK League.  The Mustangs lead in the North Division is down to one game now as Sedalia swept a doubleheader against Branson Tuesday.

St. Jospeh jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the fith inning as they had leadoff doubles in three consecutive innings.  That led to one run in the third, three more in the fourth and two runs in the fifth.

The Monarchs committed five errors in the game to help the Mustangs as they scored five unearned runs.

Blake Kolons earned the win to improve to 4-0 as he allowed just one run and one hit in six innings of work.  He struck out seven but did walk five batters in the game.

Evan McDonald led the St. Joe offense as he went 2-for-3 with a double, one run scored, one RBI and two stolen bases.

Tony Maselli and Trent Hill each had one hit and one RBI, while Jordan Powell and Patrick Dillon scored two runs each.

The Mustangs are back in league play Wednesday as they’re on the road at Clarinda.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on 680 KFEQ and here on StJosephPost.com.