The St. Joseph Mustangs suffered their first loss of the season Tuesday night as they fell at Nevada, 6-5.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team gave up three runs in the first innings and two more in the third innings before finally scoring two runs in the fifth.

The Mustangs trailed 6-2 entering the ninth inning and scratched across three runs but fell just short.

St. Joseph drops to 9-1 this season and 6-1 in the MINK League.

Benton graduate Jake Kretzer hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning and Central grad Landinn Eckhardt drove in three runs to lead the Mustangs offense. Jordan Guida added two hits.

Andrew Polly suffered the loss as he drops to 1-1. He allowed four earned runs in six innings of work while striking out two and walking one.

St. Joe is back on the road Wednesday as they play at Joplin. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m.