The St. Joseph Mustangs dominated Sedalia Thursday 11-0 in the MINK League North Division championship game inside Phil Welch Stadium.
St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team improves to 35-13 and they advance to the MINK League Championship series beginning Saturday at either Ozark or Nevada. The South Division championship game was postponed Thursday and will be played Friday night. It’s the fifth championship series for the Mustangs in the last seven seasons and they’ve won the MINK title in their previous four times.
St. Joseph scored single runs in the first and third innings to take an early lead and then they broke the game open with two runs in the sixth and a seven-run seventh inning.
That was more than enough for Mustangs’ starter Steve D’Amico as he threw a complete-game shutout. He struck out eight, walked two and allowed just five hits as D’Amico is now 6-1 this season.
Colton Pogue and Brady Anderson had two hits each, while Pogue drove in four runs and Anderson added two RBI. Pogue, Brody Santilli and Matt Wollnik each scored two runs.
The best-of-three championship series begins at the South Division winner Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and then will shift to St. Joseph for game two Sunday at 7:00 p.m. If necessary game three will be played Monday at Phil Welch Stadium at 7:00 p.m. Games one and three will be broadcast on ESPN 1550 and game two will air on 680 KFEQ.