SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Augustana baseball fell to St. Cloud State 10-4 in game one before dropping an 11 inning heartbreaker in game two, 5-4. With the Vikings two defeats on Wednesday, Augustana and St. Cloud State are tied for second in the NSIC standings.

Game One
Augustana put the game's first run on the scoreboard in the first inning. After the first two hitters were retired in order, Patrick O'Donnell sent a shot to deep left field for a home run, giving the Vikings a 1-0 lead.

After St. Cloud State took a 2-1 lead in the second, the Vikings tied the game at two in the third. Carter Wevik earned a sac fly to left scored Ryan Menssen who led of the inning with a double down the left field line.

SCSU regained the lead in the third scoring one before scoring five runs in the fourth and two in the fifth. Augustana scored two more runs in the top of the seventh but it wasn't enough as the Vikings fell to the Huskies 10-2 in game one.

Pitchers of Record
Win - Dalton Lehnen (0-3): 3 IP, 5 hits, 3 earned runs, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk
Loss - Cal Giese (5-2): 5 IP, 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 8 strikeouts, 3 walks

Viking Notables
• Augustana fell to 31-45 all-time against SCSU
• O'Donnell hit his sixth home run of the season
• Menssen hit his third double of the season and Baier hit his fourth
• Augustana left nine runners on base
 

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Game Two
The final game of the Vikings midweek doubleheader at St. Cloud State started off slow. The Vikings didn't get a baserunner until the third inning and didn't get their first hit until the fourth inning. The Vikings first hit was a double by O'Donnell. After advancing to third on a Kris Ashland Single, O'Donnell was driven in by Tyler Field on a sacrifice bunt.

The Vikings held onto the one run advantage until the seventh inning when the Huskies scored two to take the lead. In the ninth Augustana got a lead off walk from Ashland and Jacob James came into pinch run. After the leadoff walk, Field executed a sac bunt to move James to second. With two outs Lucas Barry hit a single up the middle to score James and tie the game at two. The Vikings and Huskies went into extra innings after Collin Lovell retired St. Cloud in order.

After no score in the 10th inning, Augustana scored two runs in the top of the 11th. The Vikings first run came on a sac fly from Zach Reeg scoring James. The second run was driven in by Menssen who singled scoring Barry from second.

In the bottom half of the 11th inning four walks, an error, and a wild pitch doomed Augustana as SCSU scored three runs on zero hits to take game two 5-4.

Pitcher of Record
Win - Miles Nablo (2-0): 0.2 IP, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 1 strikeouts, 0 walks
Loss - Tyler Vaughn (2-1): 0.1 IP, 0 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks

Viking Notables
• Augustana fell to31-46 all-time against SCSU
• First 11 inning game since April 6, 2014 against No. 3 Minnesota State. Augustana lost that game 10-9
• Collin Lovell pitched four inning in relief giving up just two hits and one earned run while striking out three
• Ryne Lees got the start and pitched six solid innings for the Vikings. Lees gave up six hits and one earned run with three strikeouts
• Augustana left eight runners on base

Up Next
Augustana will travel to to Crookston, Minn. for a 4-game series with the Golden Eagles of Minnesota Crookston. The 4-game series will be played Saturday and Sunday with doubleheaders both days. Game one on Saturday is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. with Sunday's start time set for noon.