The St. Joseph Mustangs stayed unbeaten on the 2013 season as they rallied for an 11-9 victory over Nevada in their MINK League opener at Phil Welch Stadium Saturday night.

With Nevada leading 9-8 in the eighth inning, Kyle Simpson hit a two-run single to put the Mustangs ahead for good and move them to 2-0 on the season.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team scawandered two five-run lead Saturday night as they scored five in the second inning to take a 5-0 lead and they also led 8-3 after four innings.

The Griffons got a grand slam from Jack Goihl to highlight a six-run sixth inning as Nevada took their 9-8 lead.

Dixon Marble earned the win in relief for the Mustangs as he threw three scoreless innings and allowed just one hit.

St. Joseph starter Brandon Simmons struggled in his debut as he gave up seven runs and nine hits in 5.1 innings of work.  The former Missouri Western standout struck out six and walked two.

Mustangs’ catcher Payton Scarbrough had a big hit to lead St. Joe’s 10-hit attack.  The sophomore-to-be at Missouri Western went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and a single.  He drove in two and scored two runs.

Simpson added two hits and three RBI, while Michael Schulze finished the night 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored.

St. Joseph is on the road Sunday when they travel to Nevada for another game against the Griffons.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and can be heard on 680 KFEQ and 680kfeq.com.

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.

The St. Joseph Mustangs’ season came to an end late Thursday night as St. Joe’s summer college baseball team lost to the Seattle (WA) Studs, 6-1, in the Super Six at the NBC World Series in Wichita.

The Mustangs finished in tie for fifth place at the NBC for the second time in three years and they end the season with a 38-21 record.

St. Joseph jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the first inning as Mark Robinette drove in Saulyer Saxon with an infield single, but Seattle answered right back.

The Studs scored three in the top of the second inning off Mustangs’ starter Kyle Jackson, then added single runs in the fourth, sixth and ninth innings.

The Mustangs outhit Seattle 8-6 but committed four errors in the game and Jackson walked four batters and hit three others.

Jackson did go eight innings Thursday night but fell to 2-2 as he allowed three earned runs and five hits.

Saxson and Kris Koerper led St. Joseph with two hits each.

In the other games Thursday, Hays (KS) defeated Santa Barbara (CA), 8-0, and El Dorado (KS) beat Greeley (CO), 4-0.

The semifinals will be played Friday night and the championship game will take place Saturday night at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.

The St. Joseph Mustangs lost their first game at the NBC World Series in Wichita Wednesday as they fell to Santa Barbara (CA), 8-6, in the winner’s bracket championship game.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team drops to 38-20 and they play again Thursday against an opponent to be determined at either 5:00 or 10:00 p.m.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Santa Barbara answered back with five unanswered runs off St. Joseph starter Adam Maddox and they led 5-2 after three innings.

St. Joe battled right back to tie the game as Kyle Simpson had a two-out RBI single in the fourth and Kris Koerper hit a solo home run in the fifth inning.

The Foresters took bank momentum with two runs in the bottom of the fifth and one more in the sixth inning to take an 8-5 lead.

The score remained that way until the ninth when Pat Burkhart hit an RBI single, but Alec Rosales struck out with the tying runs on base.

Maddox fell to 4-2 this season as went 4.2 innings and gave up seven runs on 12 hits.

Simpson finished the night 3-for-5, while Burkhart and Saulyer Saxon added two hits each.

The Mustangs game on Thursday night will be broadcast on ESPN 1550 and at www.espnstjoseph.com.

The St. Joseph Mustangs stayed unbeaten at the NBC World Series in Wichita Tuesday night as they rallied past El Dorado (KS), 4-3.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team is now 4-0 at the NBC and they play in the winner’s bracket championship game Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. against defending champion Santa Barbara (CA).

The Mustangs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third inning as Kyle Simpson hit a sacrifice fly and Mark Robinette had a two-out RBI double.

El  Dorado got an unearned run back in the bottom half of the third when shortstop Sam Tolleson committed a throwing error.

The game stayed that way until the seventh when Tolleson let a ground ball go through his legs with two outs and El Dorado scored two on the play and led 3-2 after seven inning.

St. Joe came right back in the top of the eighth as Simpson and Robinette led off the inning with singles.

Simpson then scored to tie the game on an error by El Dorado 2B Arturo Corona and Robinette scored when T.J. Dailey beat out a potential double play.

Aaron Baker then finished what he started as he threw a complete game six-hitter and he retired the last seven batters he faced. Baker improves to 7-2 as he didn’t allow an earned run an struck out five.

Robinette had three hits while Saulyer Saxon, Tanner Lubach and Pat Burkhart had two hits each.

The Mustangs game against Santa Barbara will air on ESPN 1550 and here on StJosephPost.com. Pregame will begin at 7:15 p.m.

The St. Joseph Mustangs advanced to the top six at the NBC World Series for the second time in three years as they rallied to defeat Dodge City (KS) Saturday night in Wichita, 2-1.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team improved to 3-0 at the NBC and they’re now 37-19 this season.

The Mustangs won their first game this season when trailing after eight innings as they scored two runs in the top of the ninth and held on for the one-run victory.

Pinch hitter Sam Tolleson led off the ninth inning for St. Joe and he reached second base after a throwing error by 3B Ivan Sigala.  Patrick Burkhart sacrificed him to third base and then Saulyer Saxon hit a line drive to left field for his first RBI as a Mustang and it tied the game.

After Kyle Simpson flew out for the second out in the ninth, Mark Robinette reach on an error and then Kris Koerper delivered a two-out, RBI single to right that scored Saxon and gave the Mustangs their first lead of the night.

Jordan Wellander came on in relief of St. Joseph starter Cody Cunningham and allowed one hit but he was Devon Conley to line into a double play to end the game.

Cunningham went eight innings to improve to 9-0 this summer as he allowed just one run on five hits.  He struck out eight batters and walked two.

The Mustangs had just four hits Saturday as Dodge City starter Ben Wright had a perfect game through six innings against St. Joe.

Saxon led the Mustangs with two hits, while Robinette and Koerper had the others.

St. Joseph will be one of six teams remaining in the NBC World Series when they resume play Tuesday night.  They’ll play El Dorado (KS) in the winner’s bracket semifinals at a time to be determined.

The St. Joseph Mustangs stayed unbeaten at the NBC World Series in Wichita with an 8-2 victory over the Tulsa Braves Tuesday night.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team improves to 2-0 in Wichita as they led wire-to-wire Tuesday.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the top of the first inning as Saulyer Saxon led off with a double, Kyle Simpson singled and Mark Robinette hit a two-run triple to right center.

Robinette then scored on a Tanner Lubach ground out.

Tulsa got one run back in the bottom of the first but that’s as close as they’d get.

St. Joe added two runs in the third, one in the seventh and two more runs in the ninth inning.

Saxon, Simpson and Robinette scored all eight runs for St. Joseph and combined for nine of the teams ten hits.

Robinette went 4-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored. Simpson finished 3-for-5 with three runs and Saxon had two hits and two runs scored.

Mustangs’ starter Aaron Baker improved to 6-2 as he went eight innings and allowed just two runs on five hits. He struck out three and didn’t walk a batter.

St. Joe improves to 36-19 and they’re off until Saturday when they play either Newton (KS) or Dodge City (KS) at a time to be determined in the winner’s bracket quarterfinal. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN 1550 AM.