The St. Joseph Mustangs wrapped up their three-game series at Joplin Tuesday night with an 8-5 victory over the Outlaws.

It’s the second straight win for St. Joe’s summer college baseball team as they took two-of-three from Joplin and are 4-2 against the Outlaws this season.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and led 4-1 after two, but Joplin tied the game with three runs in the third inning and they took the lead 5-4 after five.

St. Joseph regained the lead for good in the seventh inning as Kris Koerper had an RBI single and Kyle Simpson drove in a run with a ground out.

The Mustangs added two insurance runs in the eighth inning as Emilio Villanueva and Connor Foreman drove in one run each.

Foreman finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored, while Simpson drove in three runs.

St. Joe’s Redmond Floyd picked up his first win of the summer has he went six innings and allowed five runs on three hits.  He struck out three and walked three batters.

Jace Anderson earned the save as he threw three scoreless innings of relief.  Anderson gave up just one run and he struck out five.

The Mustangs improve to 8-5 this season and 6-5 in the MINK League.

St. Joseph returns home Wednesday to host Chillicothe at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.  The game will air live on 680 KFEQ and 680KFEQ.com.