The St. Joseph Mustangs suffered their first loss of the season against Jefferson City as they lost to the Renegades Thursday inside Phil Welch Stadium 8-4.

St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team falls to 27-11 this season and 21-10 in the MINK League. The Mustangs were 3-0 against Jeff City prior to Thursday, winning three games in the capital city by a combined score of 46-11.

St. Joseph built a 4-1 lead after five innings Thursday, but the Renegades rallied with three two-out runs against the Mustangs bullpen in the seventh inning to tie the game at 4. Then in the eight, Jefferson City added four more to take the lead for the first time in the game and St. Joe couldn’t answer.

Josh Monson started the game and went 6.1 innings. He allowed two runs on two hits, but Jonathan Lynch and Logan Campbell struggled in relief.

Lynch retired just one batter as he walked two, gave up two hits and two runs. Campbell took the loss as he allowed four runs on four hits in 1.1 innings of work.

Joshua Lincoln, Brady Anderson, Colton Pogue, Jacob Richardson and Kaleb Reid had two hits each for the Mustangs, while Pogue and Reid had one RBI a piece.

St. Joseph continues its three-game series with Jefferson City Friday at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.