The St. Joseph Mustangs won their fifth straight game to open the 2014 season as they defeated Joplin Saturday inside Phil Welch Stadium, 2-1.

It’s the first league game of the year for St. Joe’s summer college baseball team as they improve to 5-0.

Zac Johnson drove in Joe Koerper with a single in the first inning to give the Mustangs the lead, but the Outlaws tied it in the third.

St. Joe regained the lead in the fourth inning as Ryan Abernathy had a two-out RBI single that drove in Brady Anderson.

Kyle Gehrs earn the win as he went six innings, allowing just three hits and one unearned run.  He struck out four batters and walked one.
Brett Ash came on the ninth and struck out two batters with a runner in
scoring position to earn his third save of the season.

The Mustangs are back at home Saturday as they host Nevada in a MINK League game at Phil Welch Stadium.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and it’ll be broadcast on 680 KFEQ and here on StJosephPost.com.