040214-brookshaw-2
Don Stoner
11
Winner Illinois Tech IITBS15 3-2
6
Augsburg College AUG 4-5
Winner
Illinois Tech IITBS15
3-2
11
Final
6
Augsburg College AUG
4-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Illinois Tech IITBS15 0 1 0 2 0 8 0 11 12 1
Augsburg College AUG 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 6 11 2

W: E. Chibe (1-1) L: Wilkie, Cole (0-1)

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Augsburg College AUG 4-6
14
Winner Illinois Tech IITBS15 4-2
Augsburg College AUG
4-6
8
Final
14
Illinois Tech IITBS15
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augsburg College AUG 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 8 13 0
Illinois Tech IITBS15 8 4 2 0 0 0 X 14 16 2

W: W. Sierzega (1-0) L: Minder, Ryan (0-1) S: R. Fitzpatri (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Auggies drop doubleheader against Illinois Tech

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Billy Brookshaw (JR, Prescott, Wis.) went 5-for-9 with two runs scored and an RBI in the doubleheader, but his Augsburg College baseball team dropped both games of a twinbill with the Illinois Institute of Technology at the Tucson Invitational Games on Wednesday at the Kino Athletic Complex.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Illinois Tech 11, Augsburg 6; Illinois Tech 14, Augsburg 4
LOCATION: Kino Athletic Complex, Tucson, Ariz.
RECORDS: Augsburg 4-6 overall, Illinois Tech 4-2 overall

SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
• Brookshaw went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in the first game, and went 2-for-5 in the second game.
• Gordon Kappers (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) went 4-for-7 in the doubleheader with a double, scoring three runs and driving in one.
• Abe Welckle (SR, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS), Andrew Julkowski (JR, Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS) and Tyler "Jonesy" Buescher (SO, Prior Lake, Minn.) had three hits each in the doubleheader, with Welckle hitting two doubles and driving in five runs, Julkowski hitting a double, scoring three runs and driving in a run, and Buescher hitting a triple and scoring two runs.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Back-to-back doubles by Julkowski and Welckle gave the Auggies a run in the second inning to tie the game at 1-1, and Augsburg took the lead when Kappers gave the Auggies a 2-1 lead in the third on an RBI double.
• The Auggies scored another run in the fifth inning, when R.J. Cervenka (JR, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) hit a sacrifice bunt to bring home Julkowski.
• In the sixth inning, Augsburg scored three runs. Buescher led off the inning with a triple and came home on a single by Brookshaw. Another run came across when Welckle was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Kappers scored on an infield groundout by Tyler Ellefson (JR, Hutchinson, Minn.).
• With the game tied 3-3, Illinois Tech took the lead in the top of the sixth inning with an eight-run frame, sending 13 batters to the plate and collecting six hits.
• Jordan Petschke (SR, Fairmont, Minn.) had five strikeouts against one walk in five innings as Augsburg's starting pitcher.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg surrendered 12 runs in the first two innings, but the Auggies scored five runs in the third inning and single runs in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings.
• Augsburg sent nine batters to the plate in the third inning. Julkowski and Ellefson hit RBI singles, Steven Piette (JR, Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) hit an RBI double and Welckle hit a two-run double.
• Kappers scored on a balk in the fourth inning, and a sacrifice fly by Welckle drove home Bryce Pruszinske (JR, Savage, Minn./Burnsville HS) in the sixth inning. A Kappers single plated Buescher in the seventh inning. 

FOR THE FOES
• Brian Colon-Rodriguez went 6-for-8 with four runs scored, three doubles and three RBI for Illinois Tech, while William Cronin and Michael Malfeo had five hits each. Malfeo scored five runs and had two triples, a home run and six RBI.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg faces Carleton and Wisconsin-Superior on Thursday (3/19) at the Tucson (Ariz.) Invitational.
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