Baseball 3/21/01 -- Coe (Iowa) 5-11, Augsburg 4-15 

Boxscore Game 1
Boxscore Game 2

FORT MYERS, Fla. (3/20/01) -- Mike Schwalen (Sr.., Minneapolis, Minn./Richfield HS) had six hits in nine at-bats in the doubleheader, and Dave Sherry (Jr., Hastings, Minn.) went 3-for-4 with six runs batted in, as Augsburg College split a doubleheader with Coe College (Iowa) at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic Wednesday afternoon at the Lee County Sports Complex's Terry Park.

Coe won the first game by a 5-4 mark, but Augsburg claimed an 11-5 win in the second contest to improve to 10-6 on the season.

Sherry hit a grand-slam home run -- Augsburg's second of the game and third in the spring trip to Florida -- as part of a six-run sixth inning that gave the Auggies the lead to stay. It was the first of back-to-back home runs for the Auggies, as Rich Storholm (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./St. Louis Park HS) followed Sherry's homer with a solo blast. Sherry also ha a run-scoring single and run-scoring double in the game.

Augsburg opened the second contest with a six-run first inning, highlighted by a grand-slam homer by Ben Wilson (So., Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson HS). The Auggies also claimed run-scoring doubles from Pat Marsh (Jr., Crystal, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) and Ryan Krautkremer (Jr., Waseca, Minn.).

Russ Bauer (So., Faribault, Minn.) and Jared Lynch (Jr., Jordan, Minn.) combined for the pitching performance, with Bauer moving to 3-0 with the win, striking out three. Lynch also struck out three in relief.

Coe was paced by Tim Vinyard, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, including a three-run homer in the seventh. Mike Fong took the loss for the Kohawks, striking out three. Leo Melish pitched in relief.

The first game was highlighted by Schwalen's 4-for-4 performance at the plate, with a double and a run scored.

Augsburg led the game by a 4-3 count after five innings, keyed by a two-run second inning and two-run fifth inning. Joe Holman (So., Springfield, Minn.) had two RBI, going 2-for-4 at the plate. Frank Huebner (Jr., Northfield, Minn.) also had two hits, going 2-for-3, and Storholm had a double and scored a run.

However, the Kohawks took the lead in the seventh, scoring two runs off of Auggie pitcher Joe Pontrelli (Fr., Eagan, Minn.) on a two-run homer by Chad Driscoll.

James Nelson picked up the pitching in for Coe, striking out one. Kyle Bassett claimed the save. Pontrelli struck out three in a complete-game, losing effort.

Augsburg returns to Gene Cusic Classic action on Thursday (3/22) in Fort Myers with a doubleheader against Messiah College (Pa.).

Game 1 -- Coe (Iowa) 5, Augsburg 4
Coe -- 110 010 2 -- 5-8-1
Augsburg -- 020 020 0 -- 4-13-2
Nelson, Bassett (7) and Schira; Pontrelli and Knafla. WP-Nelson, LP-Pontrelli. S-Bassett. HR -- Digmann, Driscoll. T-2:15. A-27.

Game 2 -- Augsburg 15, Coe (Iowa) 11
Augsburg -- 600 126 0 -- 15-16-2
Coe -- 002 303 3 -- 11-13-0
Bauer, Lynch (5) and Wilson; Fong, Melish (5) and Schirm. WP-Bauer (3-0), LP-Fong. S-Lynch. HR-Sherry, Storholm, Wilson, Vinyard. T-2:50. A-35.