The St. Joseph Mustangs dropped their second consecutive game to Clarinda as they lost on the road Sunday night 3-0.
St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team falls to 35-16 this season and 26-15 in the MINK League. With the loss the Mustangs will finish second in the North Division and will travel to Sedalia on Tuesday for their first round playoff game.
The St. Joseph bats were quiet on Sunday as they had only four hits, all singles. The Mustangs didn’t have a runner reach third base in the game and had no hits with runners in scoring position.
Clarinda scored single runs in the first, third and eighth innings. Mustangs’ starter Jason Blanchard suffered the loss as he allowed two runs on six hits in 5.2 innings of work.
Brett Marr, Louis Mele, Ozzie Rodriguez and Clayton Risch each had one hit in the game for St. Joe.
The Mustangs wrap up their regular season Monday as they play in Springfield against the Ozark Generals. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m.