The St. Joseph Mustangs defeated the Missouri Western alumni Saturday night, 5-2, in an exhibition game at Phil Welch Stadium.

The Griffon alumni took a 2-1 lead on St. Joe’s summer college baseball team in the fourth inning as Joe Fehlker and Jon Cochran each drove in a run against Mustangs’ starter Kyle Jackson.

St. Joseph answered in the bottom half of the fourth to tie the game as Kris Koerper hit an RBI double that scored Kyle Simpson.

The Mustangs took the lead for good in the fifth inning as Tim Caputo had an RBI groudout and Simpson had an RBI single.

Simpson finished 3-for-4 and he scored two runs.

Jackson earned the win as he lasted six innings and allowed four hits and two runs.

St. Joe is back in action Monday for a MINK League game at Clarinda.  The first pitch is set for 7:00 p.m. and you can listen to the game on ESPN 1550 AM.