The St. Joseph Mustangs lost their first game of the season Saturday as St. Joe’s summer college baseball team fell at home to Clarinda, 5-2.

The Mustangs drop to 2-1 and they’re now 1-1 in the MINK League.

St. Joseph jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the first inning as Mark Robinette doubled home Emilio Villanueva, but St. Joe only had two more hits the rest of the night.

Clarinda scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, and then broke the game open with three runs off Mustangs’ reliever Brent Mason in the eighth inning.

The Mustangs rallied in the ninth inning as they had the tying runs on base after Jake Kretzer was hit by a pitch with the bases load, but Villanueva struck out to end the game.

Kyle Jackson started and threw seven strong innings as he allowed only seven hits and two runs.  He struck out four and walked just one.

St. Joseph is back in action Sunday night as they play at Nevada.  The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. and will air live on 680 KFEQ.