The St. Joseph Mustangs had their seven-game road win streak snapped Sunday night as they lost at Clarinda, 5-3.
St. Joe’s summer college baseball team drops to 26-10 this season and 22-10 in the MINK League.
The Mustangs scored in the first inning after Maxime LeFevre opened the game with a bunt single and then stole two bases to get to third. Kyle Simpson drove him in with an RBI ground out.
Clarinda did answer in the first with its own RBI ground out and the game stayed 1-1 until the sixth inning when Kris Koerper double to drive in Mark Robinette.
The game then got heated in that same inning when Jordan Guida was hit in the head with a pitch and then he got ejected trying to break up a double play at second base.
St. Joseph manager Matt Johnson then got ejected after have a conversation with the umpire in the field. Then in eighth inning, Mustangs’ outfield Patrick Burkhart was thrown out of the game after supposedly saying something to the umpire.
Amidst all of that, Clarinda took the lead with a four-run seventh inning. Jarvis Smith hit a three-run double off Ryan Price to cap off the inning.
Bubba Blau (1-2) suffered the loss as he went 6.1 innings and allowed five runs on five hits. He struck out two and walked six.
LeFevre led St. Joe with three hits, while Robinette and Koerper added two hits each.
The Mustangs remain on the road Monday as they play at Omaha. The first pitch is at 1:00 p.m. and you can listen live on ESPN 1550 AM.