The St. Joseph Mustangs won their second straight game Friday night at Phil Welch Stadium as they defeated Joplin 6-4.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team has now won nine of their last ten games as they improve to 30-8 and 24-8 in MINK League play.

The Mustangs raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning as Jordan Guida hit a three-run home run, his fourth homer of the season.

Joplin then scored four unanswered runs to take the lead.  They scored one in the second inning and added three more in the third.

St. Joseph then regained the lead with two runs in the sixth inning on RBI singles by Andrew Nellestein and Spiker Helms, and then Helms hit a sacrifice fly to make it a two-run game.

Kyle Hassna (2-0) earned the win as he allowed three earned runs on just two hits in 7.1 innings of work.  He struck out three and walked three.  Doug Shields worked the ninth and allowed one hit but picked up his sixth save of the season.

The Mustangs and the Outlaws play again Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.