The St. Joseph Mustangs gave up two unearned runs in the ninth inning Wednesday against Omaha and they lost to the Diamond Spirit, 5-3.

On Tuesday, St. Joe scored on a sac fly by Spiker Helms to break a 2-2 tie and win in Omaha, but the Diamond Spirit turned the tables at Phil Welch Stadium as they broke a 3-3 tie in the ninth.

Helms and Patrick Burkhart both committed errors in the ninth inning and that spoiled the debut of relief pitch Jordan Clark.  Clark made his first appearance in a Mustang uniform and took the loss as he struck out two and allowed just two hits.

Cody Cunningham started the game for St. Joseph and went 6.1 innings.  He allowed seven hits and three runs, while striking out six and walking just one.

Mustang 3B Brent Siefert led the way offensively as he finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and Burkhart added two hits.

Both teams scored one run in the fourth inning and both added two runs in the seventh before Omaha won the game in the ninth inning.

St. Joseph drops to 14-3 this season and 11-3 in the MINK League.  They’ll play a non-league game Thursday night at Phil Welch Stadium against Mac-N-Seitz.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and can be heard on 680 KFEQ.