Augsburg baseball seniors pose with coach Keith Bateman after a 2021 game.
Don Stoner
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Winner Northwestern-SP UNW 28-8
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Augsburg University AUG 7-22
Winner
Northwestern-SP UNW
28-8
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Final
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Augsburg University AUG
7-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwestern-SP UNW 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 8 0
Augsburg University AUG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3

W: Philip Wall (4-2) L: Gage, Kaden (0-2) S: Wyatt Morrell (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Auggie baseball drops decision to Northwestern-St. Paul

MINNEAPOLIS -- In the last regular-season home game of the year and senior day, the Augsburg University baseball team dropped a 5-1 nonconference decision to the University of Northwestern-St. Paul on Saturday afternoon. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Northwestern-St. Paul 5, Augsburg 1 
LOCATION: Parade Stadium, Minneapolis, Minn.
RECORD: Augsburg 7-22 overall, Northwestern-St. Paul 28-8 overall 

HOW IT HAPPENED 
• Augsburg got on the board in the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead when Steven Salz (SO, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) singled to right field, scoring Kyle Hoppe (SR, Andover, Minn./Andover HS). Despite collecting six more hits throughout in the game, Augsburg stranded six base runners and were held to only one run. 
• Northwestern tied the game at 1-1 in the sixth inning, then added four runs -- three unearned -- in the top of the ninth. 
• Salz had two more singles after his RBI single in the first inning, finishing 3-for-4 on the day. Connor Stoik (SO, Eau Claire, Wis./Eau Claire Memorial HS) finished 2-for-4, with singles in the sixth and eighth innings. 
• The other two Auggie hits came from Austin Jerylo (JR, Stillwater, Minn./Mahtomedi HS) and Carson Tomony (SO, Madison, Wis./Madison East HS), who each singled in the fourth inning. 
• John Retterath (SO, Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS) started on the mound for Augsburg and had an impressive seven-inning performance, giving up only one run on four hits. Retterath threw 97 pitches, striking out seven batters against four walks. Kaden Gage (JR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) suffered the loss, giving up two runs (one unearned) on three hits in 1.2 innings pitched. Matthew Rones (JR, Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman HS) finished on the mound and gave up two unearned runs. 

FOR THE FOES 
• Philip Wall earned the pitching win, allowing only one run on seven hits in eight innings of work. Wall threw 111 pitches, striking out nine batters and walking two.
• Aaron Severson went 2-for-4, including a two-RBI single in the top of the ninth inning. 

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to Bethel on Sunday (5/9) for a single nine-inning MIAC game at 1 p.m.
 
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