Connor Stoik swinging in a 2021 home game
Kevin Healy
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Winner Hamline University HU 9-13, 4-5 MIAC
1
Augsburg University AUG 6-18, 4-12 MIAC
Winner
Hamline University HU
9-13, 4-5 MIAC
2
Final
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Augsburg University AUG
6-18, 4-12 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Hamline University HU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0
Augsburg University AUG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 3

W: Branson, Zach (3-3) L: Johnson, Luke (1-2)

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Hamline University HU 9-14, 4-6 MIAC
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Winner Augsburg University AUG 7-18, 5-12 MIAC
Hamline University HU
9-14, 4-6 MIAC
5
Final
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Augsburg University AUG
7-18, 5-12 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hamline University HU 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 1
Augsburg University AUG 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 6 13 4

W: Thomley, Chase (1-2) L: Erickson, Elijah (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Auggie baseball splits with Hamline

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg University baseball team earned a split in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader with Hamline University on Saturday afternoon at Parade Stadium, with both games going into extra innings. Augsburg fell 2-1 in game one and won 6-5 in the nightcap. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Hamline 2, Augsburg 1 (8 inn.); Augsburg 6, Hamline 5 (9 inn.)
LOCATION: Parade Stadium, Minneapolis, Minn.
RECORD: Augsburg 7-18 overall (5-12 MIAC), Hamline 9-14 overall (4-6 MIAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Hamline scored a run an unearned run in the second inning and would hold on to the 1-0 lead until the sixth inning. 
• In the bottom of the sixth, Augsburg tied the game when Steven Salz (SO, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) hit a RBI groundout that scored Kaden Gage (SO, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS). Gage was a pinch-runner for Carson Tomony (SO, Madison, Wis./Madison East HS), who singled to right field. Michael Weiss (SO, Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar HS) also had a single to right field in the sixth. Weiss finished 2-for-4, adding a single in the first inning. 
• Neither team scored in the seventh inning, forcing extra innings. Hamline scored a run in the top of the eighth and held the Auggies scoreless in the bottom half of the frame, securing the 2-1 win. 
• Connor Stoik (SO, Eau Claire, Wis./Eau Claire Memorial HS) hit a single in the second inning, but was caught stealing for the final out of the inning. 
• Luke Johnson (SO, Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS) got the start on the mound for Augsburg, throwing seven innings, striking out five, walking two and gave up two runs (one earned). Matt Moe (JR, St. Cloud, Minn./Becker HS) picked up one strikeout in one inning of relief work. 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg had 13 hits in game two -- a season high -- that would eventually lead to a 6-5 win over Hamline in nine innings. 
• The Pipers chipped their way to a 3-0 lead, scoring a single run in each of the first three innings. The Auggies got on the board in the bottom of the third inning, scoring a run of Clint Mattson (SO, North Branch, Minn./North Branch HS), when Salz hit a RBI sacrifice fly to left field. 
• The score was 4-2 at end of four innings played, after each team added a run in the fourth. Stoik hit a lead-off triple to right field for the Auggies, and then crossed the plate on a Matt Krenz (JR, Becker, Minn./Becker HS) sacrifice fly to left field. 
• In the fifth inning, Augsburg tied the game at four-a-piece. Mattson started the inning with an infield single, followed by a single through the left side off the bat of Tomony. Weiss loaded the bases with a walk. Salz hit a RBI single to center field, scoring Mattson. With the bases still loaded and two outs, pinch hitter, Austin Jerylo (JR, Stillwater, Minn./Mahtomedi HS) reached on a Piper error and Mattson scored an unearned run. 
• Both teams were held scoreless through the next three innings, leaving the score at 4-4 going into the ninth inning. Hamline scored an unearned run in the top half of the frame, but once again the Auggies responded. Weiss hit a one-out single to right field, then Salz drew a walk. Jack Baumgart tied the game 5-5 with a RBI single to right center, scoring Weiss. Stoik then ripped the ball to right field, scoring the game-winning run of Salz on a RBI double. 
• Augsburg had two hits in the second inning, both singles from Salz and Stoik. Noah Thomas (SO, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) had a single in the sixth, while Baumgart added a single in the seventh. 
• John Retterath (SO, Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS) pitched 3.1 innings for Augsburg, giving up four runs and three walks, while striking out three batters. Matthew Rones (JR, Bethesda, MD./Walt Whitman HS) threw 2.2 innings of relief, giving up only one hit and striking out three. Chase Thomley (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park HS) picked up the win with four strike outs, two walks and one run allowed in three innings of relief work. 

FOR THE FOES 
• Zach Branson pitched a complete game in game one -- throwing 122 pitches -- giving up four hits and only one run in the Piper win. Branson struck out eight batters against three walks, in eight innings of work.
• In game one, Mac Enlow hit a double in the top of eighth inning, giving Hamline the go-ahead run and was the eventual game-winner. 

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to Hamline for a single 9-inning MIAC game on Sunday (4/25) at 11 a.m. 
 
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