The Vikings saw their eight game winning streak snapped Wednesday afternoon in game one of their doubleheader against Minnesota Crookston. The Golden Eagles scored four runs in the final two innings to upset the Vikings.

The Vikings struck first in the first inning of game one when Patrick Fiala doubled to left center field scoring Alex Fink who singled earlier in the inning. One batter later Alex Beals and Fiala switched placed when Beals doubled to left making it 2-0 Vikings. The Golden Eagles got one back in the bottom of the inning.

After going scoreless in the second inning each team scored two in the third. After Patrick O'Donnell led of the inning with double, Fink picked up the RBI on a single to the right side. Fink then picked up two stolen bases before being driven in by Lucas Barry who singled up the middle. UMC would once again get to within a run after their first two hitters got on and eventually scored.

Augustana added some insurance runs in the fourth inning when O'Donnell singled to third scoring Lucas Wilber who reach base after getting hit by a pitch. Their sixth run of the ball game came just one batter later as Fink hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Justin Warne who double two batters prior.

Minnesota Crookston scored the game's final four runs of the game, two runs in the fifth and two in the sixth, to take a 7-6 lead in the contest. Augustana got a runner in scoring position in the seventh but three strikeouts in the inning proved tragic as Augustana fell 7-6 in game one.

Pitchers of Record

Win - Cody Pamperin (2-2): 0.2 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts

Loss - Ryan Hamilton (6-1): 1 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts

Viking Notables

• This is just the second loss all-time to Minnesota Crookston

• This is Augustana's first loss to UMC in their last 13 meetings

• Augustana is now 33-2 all-time against UMC

• The Vikings left eight runners on base

• Warne, O'Donnell, Fiala and Beals all doubled

•  Fink and Dylan Platt each stole one base. Fink stole two

• Vikings starter Jacob Blank went 4.1 innings giving up five hits and four runs. He also struck out four

GAME TWO

Augustana fell into an early hole in game two as they gave up six runs in the first inning. The Golden Eagles scored their six runs on three hits, two walks and two hit by pitches.

The Vikings didn't stay down for long as they got back into the game in the third inning. Augustana scored their first run of the game after Fink doubled to left scoring Warne. One batter later they cut the deficit in half as Fiala singled scoring Fink and O'Donnell. Ryan Menssen reached base late in the inning on an error by the second basemen. The UMC error though allowed Beals to score making it 6-4 UMC in the third.

After Augustana cut into the deficit UMC was able to extend their lead in the bottom half of the inning, scoring three runs and making it 9-4.

The Vikings though didn't trail much longer as O'Donnell powered the Vikings back into it. In the fourth inning O'Donnell hit a 2-run home run to make it 9-6 and one inning later he hit his second 2-run home run to tie it at nine. The Vikings scored a run earlier in the fifth inning as well.

In the sixth inning the Vikings took their first lead of game two. With the score tied at two, TJ Davis hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring both Barry and Beals to make it 11-9 Augustana.

The Vikings added one run in each of the final three innings while holding the Golden Eagles scoreless from the fourth inning on to help cap off the come from behind win 14-9 in game two Wednesday.

Pitchers of Record

Win - Collin Lovell (4-0): 3.1 IP, 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 walks, 8 strikeouts

Loss - Jarad Nelson (5-2): 2 IP, 4 runs, 2 earned runs, 3 hits, 2 walks, 0 strikeouts

Viking Notables

• Vikings earned their 29th win of the season and 20th in the conference

• Augustana left nine runners on base

• Warne, O'Donnell and Fink all doubled

• O'Donnell hit two home runs

• Davis earned a sacrifice fly

Up Next

No. 22 Augustana will return home this weekend to take on Upper Iowa in a four game series Saturday and Sunday. This will be the Vikings first home contests since April 6.