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Mustangs sweep Ozark to extend winning streak to six

The St. Joseph Mustangs extended their winning streak to six games Friday night with a doubleheader sweep of Ozark at Phil Welch Stadium.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team shut out the Generals in game one, 10-0, and won game two, 3-2, in 11 innings.

In game one, Central high school graduate Jonathan McCann made his first start of the season and he went six inning, allowing just six hits and stricking out six.

The Mustangs scored quickly against the Generals as they put up two runs in the first inning and one more in the second.  It was 5-0 in the fourth before St. Joseph put the game out of reach with a five-run fifth inning.

Kris Koerper and Jordan Guida led the way as they each went 2-for-3 with a home run and a double.  Koerper drove in three runs and Guida had two RBI.

Maxime LeFevre and Kyle Simpson scored two runs each for St. Joe in game one.

In game two, St. Joseph got a walk-off home run in the 11th inning from Kyle Richards to win 3-2.

Richards also hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth, while Patrick Burkhart doubled home a run in the third inning.

The Mustang pitching staff combined in three-hit Ozark in the 11 innings.

Starter Nik Jurado made his first start and the former Missouri Western Griffon went six innings and allowed just one hit.  He didn’t allow a run and he struck out five.

Phillip Wilson came on in the seventh inning for his fifth save of the season, but Ozark plated two runs to tie the game and send it to extra innings.

After the seventh, Wilson, Ryan Price and new acquired Tyler Durham combined to allowed just one hit the rest of the way.

That allowed Richards to win it with his first home run of the season.

The Mustangs improve to 14-6 and 10-6 in the MINK League.  They’ve won 12 of their last 14 games and are back in action Saturday as they entertain Sedalia.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and you can hear it on ESPN 1550 AM.

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