The St. Joseph Mustangs fell to the losers bracket for the Heart of American NBC Regional Wednesday night as they lost to Nevada, 9-6.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team will now play Chillicothe in an elimination game Thursday at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.

The Mustangs led 2-1 after two innings against Nevada, but the Griffons answered back with four runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth inning.

st. Joseph battled back with four in the fifth to pull within one run as Carlos Rodriguez hit a grand slam, but Nevada put the game away with two runs in the eighth.

Kyle Richards had two hits and two RBI for St. Joe, while Kyle Simpson, Kris Koerper and Shane Segovia added two hits each.

Stanten Jones suffered the loss as he started and lasted just 3.1 innings.  He allowed five runs on two hits as he walked five batters in the game.

The Mustangs drop to 34-18 this season and their game Thursday with Chillicothe will air live on ESPN 1550 AM.