GAME 1 BOX | GAME 2 BOX
MINNEAPOLIS -- Joe Pierce (SR, Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Adam Seaman (SO, Richfield, Minn.) hit home runs that accounted for Augsburg College's scoring, but the Auggies fell short in a nonconference baseball doubleheader against the College of St. Scholastica on Thursday morning at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
St. Scholastica (13-3), the No. 21-ranked team in the latest D3baseball.com Division III national poll, swept the doubleheader from Augsburg (6-11), winning the first game 15-2 and the second game 5-3.
Pierce hit a two-run homer to left field in the fourth inning to account for Augsburg's scoring in the first game, while Seaman hit a towering three-run homer to the upper deck in right field in the sixth inning of the second contest.
St. Scholastica jumped on the board early against the Auggies in the first game, scoring eight runs in the second inning and three runs in the third inning to pull away. The Saints sent 13 batters to the plate and had seven hits in the second inning. The Saints collected 16 hits and took advantage of eight walks and three hit batters by five Auggie pitchers.
In the second game, St. Scholastica built a 5-0 lead after five innings, but after leadoff singles by Craig Henry (SR, Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) and Pierce in the top of the sixth, Seaman followed with his three-run blast to put the Auggies back in the game. However, the Auggies couldn't continue to rally, as their last six batters were retired in order to end the game.
Seaman went 2-for-3 in the second game for the Auggies, who had seven hits. Pierce had two hits in the doubleheader, as did Henry, Derek Williamson (JR, St. Francis, Minn.) and Tim Gerding (SO, Robbinsdale, Minn./Cooper HS).
Alex Glasenapp (SR, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) struck out three in five innings of pitching for the Auggies in the second game.
For St. Schoalstica, Joe Link (JR, Woodbury, Minn.) had three hits in the first game and scored four runs in the doubleheader. Scott Greening JR, Antigo, Wis.) drove in five runs in the first game, and Paul Kolodge (SR, Cloquet, Minn.) had four RBI and a triple. Andy Manos (JR, White Bear Lake, Minn.) went 3-for-4 in the first game, driving in two runs.
Augsburg returns to action on Sunday (3/28) at 5 p.m., facing Wisconsin-La Crosse at the Metrodome.
