The St. Joseph Mustangs improved to 4-0 Saturday with a dominating 18-1 win over the Cassville Arrows inside Phil Welch Stadium.

St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team has now outscored their first four opponents 47-5 and they’re hitting .379 as a team. The Mustangs pitching staff has an ERA of 1.25 through four games and they’ve struck out 42 batters and walked 13.

On Saturday, St. Joseph jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and then broke the game open with a six-run third and they added six mores runs in the eighth.

Drew Standifer hit a pinch hit three-run home run on Friday night and then made Mustangs history Saturday. The recent William Jewell graduate hit for the first cycle in franchise history and he did it in dramatic fashion. Standifer hit a grand slam in his last at bat in the eighth inning as he finished 4-5 with seven RBI.

Brody Santilli and Louis Mele added four hits each. Santilli scored four runs and Mele added three RBI.

John Millan earned the win on the mound as he allowed just one run on three hits in six innings of work. Millan struck out seven and walked one. Billy Olson, Jaren Kutzke and Kyle Uhrich each pitched a perfect inning of relief to cap off the win. Those three combined to strike out six in three innings.

St. Joseph is on the road Sunday for the first time this season as they play at Clarinda. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on 680 KFEQ AM.