The St. Joseph Mustangs suffered their first loss of the season Sunday at Clarinda 6-5 as the A’s got a walk-off single in the ninth inning.

St. Joe’s collegaite summer baseball team is now 4-1 this season and 1-1 in the MINK League.

With the scored tied 5-5 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Clarinda catcher Kale Emshoff hit a ground ball down the third base line that was ruled fair and it scored Danny Mitchell and ended the game.

The Mustangs built a 4-0 lead Sunday after a Jeremiah Figueroa three-run home run in the fourth inning, but Clarinda answered with four of their own in the bottom of the fourth. The A’s took the lead in the fifth before St. Joseph tied the game in the sixth.

The scored remained that way until the ninth inning, but the Mustangs missed numerous chances in the final four innings to break the tie and take the lead. They had at least one runner in scoring position in each of the last four innings and could not drive in a run. In all, St. Joe went 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position and they had only one two-out RBI.

Figueroa finished the game 2-for-4 with four RBI and one run scored. Joshua Lincoln added two hits and Louis Mele scored two runs.

Jake Van Vacter started and got a no decision as he allowed five runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings of work. He struck out seven and walked three.

The Mustangs are off Monday and continue MINK League play at Sedalia Tuesday night. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. from Liberty Park Stadium.