The St. Joseph Mustangs suffered their first MINK League loss of the season Sunday as they fell at Nevada 18-17 in 10 innings.

St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team drops to 3-2 overall this season and 2-1 in MINK League play.

The Mustangs blew a seven-run lead Sunday night in their first road game of the season. After falling behind 3-0 in the first inning, St. Joseph scored six runs in the second, five in the third inning and eventually build a 17-10 lead after four and half innings.

The Mustangs failed to score again and Nevada chipped away at the lead with two, two-run home runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Then the Griffons scored three unearned runs in the eighth to tie the game and forced extra innings.

St. Joe reliever Nick Houzenga suffered the loss as Nevada’s Domonique Hernandez delivered a two-out infield single to score the winning run in the tenth.

The Mustangs had 17 hits as six different players had at least two hits in the game. Zach Perdue and Brody Santilli had three hits each, while Perdue drove in six runs. Patrick Dillon added two hits and four runs scored and Zack Smith homered and drove in three runs for St. Joseph.

Corey Cowan started on the mound for the Mustangs but he lasted just 3.1 innings as he allowed ten runs on nine hits.

St. Joe stays on the road Monday as they play at Joplin. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. from Joe Becker Stadium.