The St. Joseph Mustangs scored eight runs in the first inning Wednesday night and cruised to an easy non-league win over the Omaha Strike Zone, 13-7, inside Phil Welch Stadium.

Brent Seifert hit a three-run home run in the first inning to get St. Joe’s summer college baseball team on the board and then Ryan Richardson, playing in his first game as a Mustang, hit a two-run double.

Bishop LeBlond graduate Andrew Nellestein continued the inning as he drove in a run with a single, Jon Wegener had an RBI double and Seifert capped the inning off with an RBI single.

St. Joseph added two more runs in the second inning to take a 10-0 lead before Omaha scored four two-out runs in the third inning.  That was as close as the Strike Zone would get.

The Mustangs pounded out 17 hits as Wegener led the way.  The Central Missouri graduate played in his first game with St. Joe and went 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored.  Nellestein added three hits and two RBI, while Seifert, Richardson,  Spiker Helms, Jeff Roy, and Jake Kretzer had two hits each.

Cody Cunningham went six innings on the mound to improve to 4-0 this summer.  He allowed four runs on eight hits, but struck out eight and walked none.

The Mustangs improve to 23-7 and return to MINK League play Thursday as they entertain the Omaha Diamond Spirit inside Phil Welch Stadium.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m.