Clayton Bodine swings on a pitch during an Augsburg baseball game.
Don Stoner
9
Winner Univ. of St. Thomas UST-MEN 10-9, 5-2 MIAC
0
Augsburg University AUG 10-11, 2-5 MIAC
Winner
Univ. of St. Thomas UST-MEN
10-9, 5-2 MIAC
9
Final
0
Augsburg University AUG
10-11, 2-5 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Univ. of St. Thomas UST-MEN 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 9 12 1
Augsburg University AUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3

W: Graham Laubsher (2-0) L: Linder, Charles (1-3)

2
Univ. of St. Thomas UST-MEN 10-10, 5-3 MIAC
5
Winner Augsburg University AUG 11-11, 3-5 MIAC
Univ. of St. Thomas UST-MEN
10-10, 5-3 MIAC
2
Final
5
Augsburg University AUG
11-11, 3-5 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Univ. of St. Thomas UST-MEN 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 1
Augsburg University AUG 0 3 1 0 0 1 X 5 10 2

W: Nicklay, Mathew (1-0) L: John Spanier (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Auggie baseball gains split with St. Thomas

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Augsburg University baseball team scored a split of the University of St. Thomas in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader on Sunday, dropping the opener 9-0 before winning the second game 5-2.

THE BASICS
SCORES: St. Thomas 9, Augsburg 0; Augsburg 5, St. Thomas 2
LOCATION: Bucky Burgau Field, Moorhead, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 11-11 overall (3-5 MIAC), St. Thomas 10-10 overall (5-3 MIAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg had six hits and four walks in the game, but stranded 11 runners on-base against three St. Thomas pitchers.
• Mike Brookshaw (JR, Prescott, Wis./Prescott HS) and Keane Turner (SR, Clinton, Minn./Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley HS) had two hits each for the Auggies, with Ryan Masui (JR, Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka HS) and Donovan Tomony (SO, Madison, Wis./Madison East HS) collecting the other Auggie hits.
• Three Auggie pitchers worked in the game, with Charles Linder (JR, Harris, Minn./North Branch HS) starting and pitching six innings with a strikeout.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Making his first start in the second pitching appearance of his college career, Mathew Nicklay (FY, Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) pitched a complete-game victory, striking out two while walking four and allowing just four hits in seven innings. He stranded seven St. Thomas runners on-base in the game.
• Augsburg scored three runs in the second inning. The Auggies loaded the bases on a Turner single, Clayton Bodine (JR, Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS) double and a Masui walk, and Turner and Bodine scored on a two-run single by Cam Erikson (SR, Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva HS). Masui then scored on an RBI single by Dylan Foote (SO, Oakdale, Minn./North St. Paul HS).
• The Auggies plated another run in the third, as Masui singled home Brookshaw, and added another run in the sixth, as Erikson reached base on an error and scored on a groundout by Zach Bakko (SR, Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS).
• Bodine went 3-for-3 with a run scored for the Auggies, while Turner had two hits.

FOR THE FOES
• Ryan Lust had two hits and an RBI in each game for St. Thomas.
• Jake Smith had three hits in the first game, scoring twice and driving in a run.
• Sam Cobbs hit a two-run homer and a run-scoring double in the first game.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Saint John's on Friday (4/27) at 2:30 p.m. in Collegeville, Minn.
• St. Thomas hosts Hamline on Wednesday (4/25) at 2:30 p.m.
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