The St. Joseph Mustangs suffered their fourth consecutive loss Tuesday as St. Joe’s summer college baseball team dropped a 10-8 decision at Joplin.

The Mustangs fall to 2-4 overall and 1-4 in the MINK League.  It’s their first four-game losing streak since July 7-9 during the 2010 season.

St. Joseph jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning before their defense fell apart again.  The Mustangs committed eight errors Sunday at Nevada and had five more Tuesday night.

Joplin scored five unanswered runs, four of which were unearned, to take a 5-2 lead after four.  The Mustangs gave up six unearned runs on the night.

St. Joe did tie the game with three runs in the sixth and took the lead with a single run in the seventh, but the Outlaws scored three in the bottom half of the seventh and took a 10-6 lead with two in the eighth inning.

Missouri Western’s Kye Simpson led the offense as he went 3-for-4 with three runs scored.  Cory Segui added two hits and an RBI, while Shane Segovia had two hits and drove in two runs.

Stanten Jones started the game for St. Joseph and went just 3.1 innings.  He allowed five hits and five runs, while striking out five and walking two.

Carson Smith suffered the loss in relief as he gave up three runs on four hits in 3.1 innings pitched.

The Mustangs return home to Phil Welch Stadium Wednesday night as they entertain Sedalia at 7:00 p.m.