The st. Joseph Mustangs suffered their fourth consecutive MINK League loss Sunday as they fell at Sedalia, 9-4.
St. Joe’s summer college baseball team drops to 30-14 and 25-14 in the MINK League.
They have now lost four straight league games after going 24-6 during a 30-game stretch against MINK opponents.
Sedalia knocked around Mustangs’ starter Aaron Baker Sunday night. Baker had done at least eight innings in four straight starts and hadn’t give up any more than seven hits in those games.
On Sunday, Baker allowed eight runs and 14 hits in six innings of work as he is now 4-2 this season.
St. Joseph fell behind 3-0 after two innings thanks in part to three errors, but they did strick in the third to pull within one run. Mark Robinette and Carlos Rodriguez each had an RBI single.
Sedalia’s Dylan Mays then answered in the bottom of the third with a two-run home run and St. Joe woudn’t get any closer the rest of the way.
Robinette, Jordan Guida and Tanner Lubach had two hits each and they all had one RBI. Robinette scored twice to lead the Mustangs.
St. Joseph is back on the road Monday for a doubleheader at Joplin. The first pitch of game one is set for 6:00 p.m.