MENOMONIE, Wis. – The Augsburg University baseball team crossed the border to Wisconsin for a single nonconference game against the University of Wisconsin-Stout on Thursday afternoon, falling 14-4 to the Blue Devils in seven innings.

THE BASICS
SCORE: UW-Stout 14, Augsburg 4
LOCATION: Menomonie, Wis.
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-22 overall, UW-Stout 15-18 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Auggies were the first team on the board with a run in the first inning off an RBI double by Steven Salz (SR, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove SH) that plated Connor Stoik (SR, Eau Claire, Wis./Eau Claire Memorial HS).
• The Blue Devils would go on to score two in the second and four in the fourth to take a 6-1 lead through four innings of play.
• The Auggies got one back in the fifth when Joe Peterson (FY, Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen HS) hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Clint Mattson (SR, North Branch, Minn./North Branch HS) for the first RBI of his career.
• After Stout added two in the fifth and six more in the sixth to take a 14-2 lead, Jimmy Hemera (SO, Christchurch, New Zealand/Hillmorton HS) hit a bases-loaded single to center field to score both Peterson and Drew Jenkins (FY, Farmington, Minn./Randolph HS). That was all the offense the Auggies could manage as the Blue Devils recorded the final out in the seventh to win the game via the 10-run rule.
• Alex Hinz (SR, Maplewood, Minn./Mounds Park Academy) made the start on the mound, allowing five hits and six runs with three strikeouts in 3.1 innings of work. Owen Bernards (JR, St. Paul, Minn./Central HS) pitched the final 2.2 innings of relief, giving up six hits and eight runs with three strikeouts.
• Stoik was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate in the game with a stolen base and a run scored.

FOR THE FOES
• Levi Wilson had a perfect game at the plate for UW-Stout, going 4-for-4 with a double and two home runs.
 
UP NEXT
• The Auggies will wrap up their home schedule hosting Saint John's University on Saturday (5/9) in a MIAC doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.