ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Justin Warne went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and Patrick O'Donnell added two hits, including 5 RBI's as Augustana won game three 13-9 and takes the series against Lindenwood, 2-1.

Augustana's bats got going early when Lucas Barry tripled and Alex Fink doubled scoring Barry and Patrick Fiala, who reached base on a hit by pitch (HBP). Later in the inning the Vikings would score three more runs off Lindenwood mistakes as Fink, Alex Beals and Kris Ashland all scored.

The Viking lead was short lived though as Lindenwood, would get to Augustana starter Lincoln Voss who gave up five runs, four of them earned in 1/3 of an inning of work.

Augustana would get a run back in the second as Fink singled and later scored. But it was the fifth inning that would prove to be important for the Vikings. Trailing 7-6 with the bases loaded, O'Donnell hit a bases clearing triple to give Augustana a 9-7 lead. A lead they would hold onto the rest of the way. The Vikings scored three more runs in sixth on four hits, three singles and a double by O'Donnell.

Lindenwood would score one in the bottom of the sixth and ninth but the Viking lead was to much for the Lions in the final game of the three game series.

Pitchers of Record
Win - Ryne Lees (1-0): 3.0 innings pitched, 4 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 3 strikeouts
Loss - Jevon Boyd (0-1): 3.2 innings pitched, 2 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned runs, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts  

VIKING OF NOTE
Patrick O'Donnell was 2-for-6 from the plate including five RBI's. He swung the momentum in the Vikings favor in the fifth inning with his bases clearing triple. On the weekend O'Donnell hit .500 with nine RBI's, two doubles and a triple while only striking out once.

VIKING NOTABLES
• This is the Vikings first opening series win since 2011 when they won 3-of-4 against Colorado Mines
• Augustana's all-time series record with Lindenwood now stands at 5-1 in favor of Augustana
• Alex Fink was 2-for-5 with two RBI's while T.J. Davis was 2-for-4 with two RBI's and two runs scored
• In the series the Vikings hit .330 as a team scoring 35 runs with five double and five triple. They even had a home run in game one
• Three Vikings are hitting over .400: O'Donnell and Fink at .500 and Alex Beals at .400
• Augustana's team ERA for the weekend was 8.25 while Lindenwood's was 9.36
• The Vikings struck out 15 Lion hitters over the weekend

UP NEXT
The Vikings will head south to Wichita, Kan. for a four game series against the Newman University Jets March 5-6.