The St. Joseph Mustangs suffered just their third loss at home Thursday night as they returned to Phil Welch after a five-game road trip and lost to Omaha, 3-2.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team is now 15-6 overall and 8-6 in the MINK League.  St. Joseph drops to 10-3 inside Phil Welch this season.

Omaha broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning as Jordyn Van Atta hit a two-out, two-run single to give the Diamond Spirit the lead.

The Mustangs rallied to tie the game as Joe Koerper had an RBI groundout in the sixth inning to score a run and Francisco Alvarez had an RBI single in the seventh.

Omaha took the lead for good in the top of the ninth inning as Quinton Urban had an RBI single off Jon Pomatto and St. Joseph was held scoreless in the bottom of the ninth.

Ryan Abernathy and Mike Sherburne led the way for the Mustangs with two hits each.

Jeremiah Figueroa started for St. Joe and lasted just 4.2 innings.  He allowed four hits and two runs, but walked four and didn’t strick out a batter.

The Mustangs are back at home Friday for a doubleheader against Branson.  The first pitch of game one is set for 5:30 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.