The St. Joseph Mustangs picked up their fifth straigth win Saturday 2-1 inside Phil Welch Stadium as they played a team of Mustangs Alumni.
St. Joe’s summer college baseball team is now 8-2 this season.
The game was only a six-inning game as they first three innings Saturday were played by Little League players from around the area. In that game, the Red team won 5-4 and that’s were the Mutangs and the Alumni took over.
The Alumni got on the board first as Patrick Burkhart drove in Mike Dycus to score an unearned run in the first inning they played.
The Mustangs answered right back in the bottom half of the inning with an unearned run as Louis Mele scored on an error.
St. Joseph scored its second run in the next inning as Clayton Risch drove in Hayden Steele with a single. Risch led the Mustangs with two hits.
Antonie Luster made his first start of the season and he gave up one unearned run and one hit in five innings of work. He struck out five and walked three.
The Mustangs are back on the road Sunday for a MINK League game at the Ozark Generals. The first pitch is at 6:00 p.m.