ARDEN HILLS, Minn. -- The Augsburg University baseball team had an offense outburst in the eighth inning, erasing a five-run Bethel University lead, but ended up falling 8-6 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game on Sunday afternoon. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Bethel 8, Augsburg 6
LOCATION: Hargis Park, Arden Hills, Minn.
RECORD: Augsburg 7-23 overall (5-16 MIAC), Bethel 20-15 overall (14-11 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED 
• Bethel climbed to a 5-0 lead over Augsburg in the first five innings of play, only allowing two Augsburg hits -- a double by Connor Stoik (SO, Eau Claire, Wis./Eau Claire Memorial HS) in the fourth inning and a single off the bat of Carson Tomony (SO, Madison, Wis./Madison East HS) in the fifth.
• The Auggies were finally able to score a run in the sixth inning, when Stoik hit a double to right field and then came around to score on a Steven Salz (SO, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) double down the left field line. The Royals added a run of their own in the bottom half of the frame, taking the 6-1 lead. 
• The Augsburg bats came alive in the eighth inning, scoring five runs off six hits, tying the game 6-6. Noah Thomas (SO, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) drew a walk to start the inning. Clint Mattson (SO, North Branch, Minn./North Branch HS) and Stoik had back-to-back singles to load the bases. Michael Weiss (SO, Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar HS) then hit a RBI groundout, scoring Thomas and advancing the runners. Mattson crossed home plate on a single to left center by Salz. 
• After a Bethel pitching change, the sixth-inning Auggie scoring continued when Jack Baumgart (JR, Willmar, Minn./Willmar HS) had a groundout RBI, scoring Stoik. Then Tomony singled down the right-field line and scored Salz. Austin Jerylo (JR, Stillwater, Minn./Mahtomedi HS) entered the game as a pinch-hitter and hit a single to right center, keeping the Augsburg offense alive with two outs. 
• The Royals made another pitching change in the inning, while Josh Tyler (SR, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) came in as a pinch-hitter and hit a single to right center, scoring the tying run of Tim Lavin (JR, Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS), who was a pinch-runner for Tomony. 
• Unfortunately, Bethel responded in the bottom half of the eighth inning, scoring two runs (one unearned) on three hits. Augsburg was unable continue its offense outburst and went three-up-three-down in the ninth inning, finalizing the 8-6 victory for the Royals. 
• Four Augsburg pitchers saw the mound in the game. Collectively they gave up nine hits and eight runs (two unearned), while striking out two against four walks. 

FOR THE FOES 
• Matthew Carlsen finished 4-for-4, accounting for four of the Royal's nine hits, while scoring a run. 
•Justin Winterfeldt earned four RBI off two hits -- a home run and a single -- while also scoring a run. 

UP NEXT
• Augsburg and Bethel will meet again on Tuesday (5/11) at 4 p.m. in Arden Hills, Minn., for a nine-inning nonconference game.