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Baseball Battles, Falls to Augustana

Baseball Battles, Falls to Augustana

Mike McGill had two hits in each game and drove in the Cougars' only run.
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Fort Myers, Fla. – Mike McGill had four hits on the day, as the Minnesota Morris baseball team first lost a tough 6-1 decision to Augustana, before falling 20-0 in the second game of today's (Mar. 16) doubleheader.

A 28 win team last season, Augustana improves to 9-2 after the day's sweep, while the two losses leave the Cougars at 0-8 heading back home from Florida.

McGill led the Cougars with two hits in each game, including a walk while knocking in the game's only run. He was 2-for-2 with a walk and the RBI in the first game of the day, as the Cougars trailed just 3-1 entering the final two innings of the game.

After the Vikings ran out to a 3-0 lead over the first two innings, Cougar starter Jake Johnson settled down and held the Vikings scoreless for the next three frames.

In the fourth, McGill brought the Cougars within two, driving home Dustin Sauter with single to right, after Sauter doubled to center to start the inning.

Heading into the sixth, the Cougars still trailed by two, but Johnson had completed three scoreless innings, wasting five Viking hits during the stretch. But in the sixth, Augustana got to Johnson for three more on three hits, breaking the game open for the final 6-1 tally.

In the second game, a thoroughly worked Morris pitching staff couldn't keep up with the Augustana bats, playing their eighth game in five days.

The Vikings scored two in the first, then four more in each the second and fifth, and capped the day with seven in the seventh while scoring at least once in every inning. Their 21 hits out-paced the Cougars' three, with two of those coming from McGill.

Sauter also added a single in the game, giving him three for the day.

Five pitchers teamed up for the Cougars, including extended work from Todd Woelfel (2.1 inn.) and William Paine (2.0 inn.). Neil Arvold (1.2 inn.), Devin Waldvogel (0.2 inn.) and Logan Orazem (0.1 inn.) also saw time on the mound as well.

The Cougars return north and get back on the field on Mar. 28 when they head to Moorhead, Minn. for a single game with Concordia at 3:30 p.m. The on Mar. 30 and 31, the Cougars host Crown in their UMAC and home opener, playing one game on Friday, and a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.
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