GAME 1 BOXSCORE | GAME 2 BOXSCORE

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Donald Blunt (SR, Richfield, Minn.) hit three home runs, including two as part of a dramatic first-game comeback, as the Augsburg College baseball team claimed a split of a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Concordia College-Moorhead on Saturday at Jake Christensen Athletic Complex.

Blunt hit a three-run homer and a solo shot in the seventh inning of the first game, as the Auggies (7-11 overall, 2-4 MIAC) rallied for a 7-6 victory. He hit a three-run homer in the first inning of the second game, a 6-5 Concordia (6-2 overall, 1-1 MIAC) win.

Blunt now has a team-high five home runs and 19 RBI, while also leading the team with a .660 slugging percentage. He is hitting .321 on the season.

Augsburg rallied from a 6-1, fourth-inning deficit to score the victory in the first game. Blunt's three-run homer in the fifth inning started the rally, while two more runs came across on RBI singles by Jeff Butler (SO, Prior Lake, Minn.) and Adam Seaman (JR, Richfield, Minn.) in the sixth inning. Blunt's solo homer leading off the seventh inning gave the Auggies the lead.

Craig Lynch (SO, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS) then picked up the pitching save for the Auggies with a scoreless bottom of the seventh inning, striking out one. Jeff Boresz (JR, Chardon, Ohio/Mentor HS), pitching in relief of starter Bryant Nordby (SR, Brownton, Minn./McLeod West HS), scored the win with 2.2 innings of scoreless relief, striking out one while allowing just one hit.

John Demgen (SR, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) scored three runs for the Auggies and had two of the team's seven hits in the first game. In the doubleheader, Demgen went 5-for-8 with three runs scored. Trent Anderson (JR, Eagan, Minn.) went 3-for-4 in the first game, part of a 4-for-6 doubleheader effort.

In the second game, Augsburg jumped out to a 4-0 lead, thanks to Seaman's RBI single and Blunt's three-run homer in the first inning. Seaman went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the second game, part of his 5-for-8 effort in the doubleheader.

Concordia sent nine batters to the plate and scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning. After Augsburg scored a run on a wild pitch in the third inning, the Cobbers scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, including a two-run double by Brad Olson, to take the lead for good.

Andrew Skow-Anderson pitched a complete game for the Cobbers, while Kristofer Ozga (SR, Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Stevenson HS) took the loss for the Auggies, striking out four in 3.1 innings of work. Jarron Farah (JR, Minneapolis, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS) pitched in relief.

Augsburg travels to face Gustavus in a MIAC doubleheader on Tuesday (4/12) at 2:30 p.m. in St. Peter, Minn.