Baseball 3/21/07 -- Augsburg 3-2, UMass.-Boston 4-1 

GAME 1 BOXSCORE 
GAME 2 BOXSCORE 

MESA, Ariz. (3/21/07) -- The Augsburg College baseball team split a doubleheader with the University of Massachusetts-Boston in action at the Greater Phoenix Invitational on Wednesday at Gene Autry Field. UMass.-Boston won the first game 4-3, while Augsburg won the second game 2-1. Augsburg is now 4-8 on the season, while UMass-Boston is 4-4.

Augsburg pitcher Jon-Eric Urseth (So., Golden Valley, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) earned his first collegiate victory in the second game, striking out three while allowing no walks and just four hits in a complete-game effort.

After giving up a run in the first inning, Augsburg scored single runs in the third and sixth innings. In the third, a triple by Craig Henry (Fr., Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) plated Jeff Stomberg (Jr., Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS). In the sixth, Henry, who was 3-for-3 in the game, reached base on a single, stole second and came around to score after Nate Jackson (Sr., Richfield, Minn.) reached on an outfield error.

In the first game, UMass-Boston scored two runs in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie, and Augsburg could generate only one run in the sixth in its comeback attempt. Starter Chris Purcell (Fr., Northfield, Minn.) struck out one and walked one in five innings of work, while Tyler Kraft * (Sr., Savage, Minn./Burnsville HS) struck out two in an inning of relief.

Augsburg scored twice in the first inning, as Henry scored on a wild pitch, and a Jackson single drove in Andy Nelson * (Sr., Waseca, Minn.). Nelson doubled and scored in the sixth inning, coming across on a passed ball and throwing error.

Augsburg has a day off on Thursday and faces Williams (Mass.) on Friday (3/23) at 1 p.m. at Snedigar Field in Chandler, Ariz.