ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — For the second straight night, the Joplin Outlaws suffered a one-run loss to the St. Joseph Mustangs.
The host Mustangs plated two runs in the bottom of the ninth to earn a 3-2 win over the Outlaws in MINK League action on Sunday at Phil Welch Stadium.
The Outlaws scored once in the first before the Mustangs tied the game in the seventh. Joplin went ahead with a single tally in the eighth before St. Joseph pushed across the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the ninth.
Joplin recorded six hits, and Jeb Jenkins was the lone player with two hits. Jenkins and Cade Lott had one RBI apiece, while Jared Toler and Jenkins scored the lone runs.
Justin Schrader delivered a stellar start on the mound for the Outlaws. He tossed six scoreless innings, striking out six and scattering four hits.
Austin Gottula allowed one run in two innings, while Jake Algee gave up two runs, one earned, in the ninth.
Mack Stephenson went all nine innings for St. Joseph, striking out 11 and allowing two runs on six hits.
Jenkins hit an RBI single in the first. St. Joseph’s Coleman Fenton tied the game with a solo home run in the seventh.
Lott’s RBI double gave Joplin a 2-1 lead in the eighth.
In the ninth, the Mustangs scored both runs on bases loaded walks.
The Outlaws are now 9-8.
Monday’s scheduled game was called off. The team announced the cancellation on Facebook.
Joplin is scheduled to play the Springfield Show-Me League team at 7 on Tuesday night at US Ballpark.
