NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- The Augsburg University baseball team was edged 3-2 in the seventh inning in the opening game of a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at St. Olaf College, then dropped a seven-inning game to the Oles 18-6 in the second game.
THE BASICS
SCORES: St. Olaf 3, Augsburg 2; St. Olaf 18, Augsburg 6 (7 inn.
LOCATION: Mark Almli Field, Northfield, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 10-19 overall (4-8 MIAC), St. Olaf 18-9 overall (9-3 MIAC)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
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Austin Lang (JR, Anoka, Minn./Anoka HS) had a solid game on the mound for the Auggies, striking out two against three walks and six hits in six innings of work, throwing 62 strikes among his 105 pitches.
• The Auggies scored twice in the fourth inning.
Stanley Regguinti (JR, St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park HS) led off the inning with a single, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and a groundout, then scored on a single by
Josh Udelhofen (SR, Janesville, Wis./Janesville Craig HS). Udelhofen then scored on an RBI double by
Elijah Stewart (FY, Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins HS).
• St. Olaf tied the game with a two-run bottom of the fourth, then walked off the game with a run in the seventh inning, with a leadoff double, bunt single and a sacrifice fly.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg took a 4-1 lead with a four-run second inning, but St. Olaf pulled away with a five-run second frame and seven-run fourth inning, adding five more runs in its final two at-bats to end the game via the 10-run rule in the seventh inning.
• In the second inning, Stewart hit a one-out double and
Nick Hubbard (SR, Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) reached base on an infield single, and Stewart scored on an RBI single by
Adam Marshall (SR, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS). Regguinti then connected on his first home run of the season, a three-run shot to right center.
• Augsburg scored a pair of runs in the sixth inning, as
Keegan O'Connor (SR, Roselle, Ill./James B. Conant HS) scored on on a Regguinti single, and Marshall scored on a bases-loaded walk by
Andruw Vela (SO, St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park HS).
• Regguinti, Stewart and Marshall had two hits each for the Auggies in the second game.
FOR THE FOES
• Jacob Fickenscher struck out six against two walks in a complete-game victory for St. Olaf in the first game.
• Breckin Hadley went 4-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored in the second game.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Carleton College in a MIAC doubleheader on Wednesday (4/23) at 2:30 p.m. at Parade Stadium.