MINNEAPOLIS --
Clayton Bodine (SR, Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS) had four hits in the doubleheader, including a 3-for-3 effort in the opener, as his Augsburg University baseball team scored a split with Carleton College in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Tuesday.
THE BASICS
SCORES: Augsburg 3, Carleton 1; Carleton 4, Augsburg 2
LOCATION:Â Parade Stadium, Minneapolis
RECORD:Â Augsburg 7-16 overall (3-7Â MIAC), Carleton 7-11 overall (4-4 MIAC)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• The Auggies took advantage of another brilliant complete-game pitching performance from senior
Jamie Kaye (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS), who struck out six while not walking a batter and allowing just five hits to improve to 4-2 on the season. Of his 92 pitches, 64 were strikes in the seven-inning victory.
• Augsburg used a three-run fourth inning to take control of the game. Four straight singles -- by
Daniel Phyle (SO, Lakeville, Minn./Rosemount HS),
Kyle Hoppe (SO, Andover, Minn./Andover HS),
Mike Brookshaw (SR, Prescott, Wis./Prescott HS) and Bodine -- plated the first two runs, and a sacrifice fly byÂ
Donovan Tomony (JR, Madison, Wis./Madison East HS) drove home the third run.
• Brookshaw went 2-for-3 for the Auggies in the first game, part of a 10-hit -- all singles -- Augsburg output.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg rallied from an early deficit to take a 2-1 lead after six innings, but Carleton scored a run in the eighth and two in the ninth to take the victory.
• An RBI double by
Joe Rydel (SR, Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) drove home Tomony with a run in the fourth inning, and Brookshaw scored on an RBI single by
Travis Schmidt (JR, Gaylord, Minn./Sibley East HS) in the sixth.
• Two of the three Carleton runs allowed in the late-inning rally were unearned, as the Knights took advantage of three Augsburg errors.
• Matthew Nicklay (SO, Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) struck out two against no walks in six innings on the mound for the Auggies, with
Joey Tschida (JR, Lakeville, Minn./St. Thomas Academy HS) and
Paul Girard (FY, Maple Grove, Minn./Wayzata HS) pitching in relief.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Kaye's five complete games are second-most
among MIAC pitchers in overall statistics. His 46 strikeouts are also second-most in the MIAC, against just seven walks. His 9.07 strikeouts per-game average are eighth-best in the MIAC, and his 1.77 earned-run average is sixth-best.
FOR THE FOESÂ
• Paul Hinton hit a double in the sixth inning and scored on an RBI groundout by Wilson Battle in the first game.
• Battle struck out seven against two walks and seven hits to earn the victory in the second game, with Peter Hoffmann pitching a scoreless ninth for the save.
• Battle, Matt Rubin and Sam Wingfield had two hits each in th esecond game, with Brendon Fischel driving in two runs on a double in the ninth inning.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Bethel University on Wednesday (4/17) at 2:30 p.m. in a MIAC doubleheader at Parade Stadium.
• Carleton travels to face the University of St. Thomas in a MIAC doubleheader on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.