The St. Joseph Mustangs suffered their first loss of the season Sunday night as they were fell at Nevada, 5-4.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team drops to 2-1 this season and 1-1 in the MINK League.

The Mustangs took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on an RBI ground out by Michael Schulze, but the Griffons answered back with two runs off St. Joseph starter Stanton Jones in the bottom of the third and they would never trail again.

St. Joe did tie the game 2-2 in the fifth as Schulze scored on a wild pitch, but Nevada answered right back in the bottom of the fith and they scored three runs.

The Mustangs got one run back in the seventh on an RBI groundout from Kyle Simpson and then Payton Scarbrough hit a solo home run in the ninth inning, but St. Joe’s rally fell short.

Schulze finished with two of the Mustangs five hits, while Simpson, Scarbrough and Keegan Smith each had one.

Jones suffered the loss for St. Joseph as he lasted just 4.1 innings and allowed five runs on seven hits.  He struck out eight, while walking three batters.

Jerad Hawkins kept the Mustangs in the game as he three 3.2 scoreless innings of relief and he gave up just two hits.

St. Joe is back on the road Monday as they play a doubleheader at Ozark beginning at 5:00 p.m.