MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg College baseball team closed the home portion of its schedule with a split of a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader with Gustavus Adolphus College on Wednesday at Parade Stadium.
THE BASICS
SCORES: Augsburg 5, Gustavus 0; Gustavus 6, Augsburg 1
LOCATION: Parade Stadium, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 18-20 overall (6-12 MIAC), Gustavus 20-16 overall (8-10 MIAC)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Pitcher
Jamie Kaye (SO, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) pitched a two-hit shutout to claim the win in the first game, his second shutout and sixth complete game of this season. Throwing just 80 pitches (53 strikes) in his seven-inning effort, Kaye allowed just two hits and one walk in the game. He only allowed one baserunner, who reached on an error, over his final four innings of work.
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Eric Olheiser (SR, Maplewood, Minn./Tartan HS) hit a two-run home run to left field in the second inning to give the Auggies the early lead.
• In the fourth inning, three straight hits -- a one-out triple by
Mike Brookshaw (SO, Prescott, Wis.), an RBI single by Olheiser and an RBI double by
Clayton Bodine (SO, Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS) -- gave the Auggies a 4-0 lead. In the sixth, Brookshaw hit his second triple of the game and scored on an RBI single by
Jordan DeCroock (JR, Farmington, Minn.).
• Brookshaw went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, and Olheiser went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI in the first game.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg and Gustavus battled through the first eight innings tied 1-1, but Gustavus scored five runs -- sending 10 batters to the plate and getting five hits -- in the top of the ninth inning to take a 6-1 advantage. Augsburg loaded the bases, but could not score in the bottom of the ninth. The Auggies stranded 10 runners on the bases in the second game.
• Augsburg scored its lone run in the first inning, as Tyler "Jonesy" Buescher (SR, Prior Lake, Minn.) walked, moved to third on a single by
Jack Duffy (SR, Fridley, Minn./DeLaSalle HS) and scored on an RBI single by Brookshaw.
• Five pitchers saw action in the game for the Auggies, with starter
Charles Linder (SO, Harris, Minn./North Branch HS) pitching four innings and allowing an unearned run with two strikeouts against a walk, and
Jordan Brandt (SR, Eagan, Minn.) pitching four innings of scoreless relief with a strikeout and a walk.
• Augsburg was limited to four hits in the game -- singles by Duffy, Brookshaw, Bodine and DeCroock.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• The game marked the final appearances at Parade Stadium for eight Augsburg seniors -- Brandt, Buescher, Duffy, Olheiser,
Rhett Hebig (SR, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS),
Lincoln Hochmuth (SR, Cannon Falls, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran HS),
Josh Marlowe (SR, North St. Paul, Minn.) and
Cole Wilkie (SR, Savage, Minn./Burnsville HS).
FOR THE FOES
• Josh Chatfield and Brice Panning had hits for Gustavus in the first game.
• Chatfield, Panning and Isaiah Welckle had two hits each for the Gusties in the second game, with Welkle hitting a double. Panning and Brock Peterson had two RBI each in the second contest.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg closes its 2017 season with a MIAC doubleheader at St. Olaf on Saturday (5/6) at 1 p.m.
• Gustavus has a nonconference doubleheader at Bethany Lutheran on Friday (5/5) at 2 p.m.
