The St. Joseph Mustangs opened their 2013 season in impressive fashion Friday night as they defeated Rossville (KS), 7-0, at Phil Welch Stadium.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team began its fifth year quickly as they scored three runs in the first to take an early lead.  Kris Koerper drove in a run with a double,  Shane Segovia had an RBI ground out and Grant Fink knocked in a run with a two-out single.

That was all Mustangs’ starting pitcher Aaron Baker would need as he went seven innings and allowed two hits and no runs.  He struck out nine batters and walked just one.

St. Joseph added one run in the sixth inning and Fink highlighted a three-run seven innings with a two-out double that scored two runs.

Fink finished 3-for-4 with three RBI, while Michael Schulze went 3-for-5 with two runs and Koeper added two runs, two runs and one RBI.

The Mustangs are back at home Saturday night as they play Nevada in their first MINK League game of the season.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and can be heard on 680 KFEQ and 680kfeq.com.