BISMARCK, N.D. - The Augustana baseball team finished a four-game set against UMary on a high note, sweeping on Sunday afternoon to take the series at Bismarck Municipal Ballpark. 

The Vikings jump to 19-10 overall and 14-6 in the NSIC while the Marauders fall to 13-16, 9-11.

Game 1: Augustana 10, UMary 0 
Carter Heinsch went 2 for 3 and stole three bases in his first multi-hit game while Ragan Pinnow had a pair of doubles and scored three times in the game one victory. 

The Vikings had seven hits and drew six walks while Jack Hines also drew a HBP and drove in two runs. Trevor Winterstein also drove in a pair while scoring twice 

Ethan Cole struck out seven in six scoreless innings while allowing just four hits to earn his third win of the season. In the final frame, Jadon Bast tallied a strikeout while throwing just seven pitches to close the win. 

The game was scoreless until the Vikings broke through in the third inning. Ragan Pinnow hit a leadoff double to left and reached third on a one-out, infield single from Trevor Winterstein. 

Bjorn Lind walked to load the bases and Jack Hines lifted a sac fly to bring home Pinnow and give AU a 1-0 lead. 

A wild pitch brought home Winterstein to double the lead and Jason Axelberg drew a walk to get a pair on. Three pitches later, Nate Soelter smashed one off the left field wall for a double, driving in Lind and Axelberg and putting the Vikings ahead 4-0. 

After Cole sent the Marauders down in order to close the third, the bats kept the scoring going in the fourth. Carter Heinsch singled and stole second to lead off the inning and Pinnow hit his second double of the game to left, driving Heinsch home. 

Pinnow moved to third on a failed pickoff attempt and, after a strikeout, would score on a Winterstein sac fly to make it 6-0 AU. 

Four more runs crossed the plate for the Vikings to put the game out of reach. Heinsch walked and stole second. Pinnow walked and both runners stole to get two in scoring position. 

After a Kobe Eikmeier walk loaded the bases, Winterstein rolled one through the legs of the shortstop, scoring a pair and putting AU in front 8-0. Winterstein would steal second on the next pitch and Eikmeier scored as the throw got away. 

The final run came off the bat of Hines as UMary committed its fifth error of the day and allowed Winterstein to score on the play, bringing the game to its final score. 

Game 2: Augustana 17, UMary 7
Heinsch continued his special day with three hits, three RBI, three runs scored and two stolen bases to power the offense. Winterstein also had three of each and was a home run short of the cycle while Soelter joined them with three hits and three runs scored. Pinnow had a double while knocking three hits. 

Adam Diedrich recorded a pair of outs to open the game, his first action since March 30, 2024. Kai Taylor entered in the first inning and went 4 ⅓ scoreless innings while allowing three hits and striking out one, moving to 2-1 on the season. 

Aidan Torpey, Maddox Foss, Joel Van De Stroet and Ryan Clementi combined to throw the final three innings, with Clementi striking out the side to finish it. 

Winterstein led off the game with a triple and scored on a Lind groundout to open the scoring. The Marauders responded in the bottom of the first with a three-run inning for the lead. 

Soelter led off the second with a single before a failed pickoff attempt moved him to second. He would come around to score on a Heinsch single to cut the deficit to one. 

With no outs, Heinsch moved to second on a wild pitch and a Pinnow infield single put the pair on before Koskie was hit by a pitch to load the bases. 

Jake Lundquist got a job done with an RBI groundout to score Heinsch and then Winterstein smacked a double to right to score Koskie and Pinnow. Axelberg rounded out the second inning scoring with a two-out bunt single to bring in Hines and make it 6-3 AU. 

In the third inning, Heinsch singled, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch before a Pinnow infield single brought him home to make it 7-3. 

Hines led off the fourth inning with a double and was able to score on a one-out triple by Nate Soelter to right field. Heinsch lifted a sac fly in the next plate appearance to grow the Viking lead to 9-3. 

The scoring picked back up in the sixth. Lind wore a pitch to lead off the inning and Jack Hines singled through the left side right after. They each advanced on a failed pickoff and Lind scored on an Axelberg sac fly. 

Three pitches later, Soelter singled to center to bring Hines home and, on the very next pitch, Heinsch doubled down the line to drive in Soelter. After stealing third, Heinsch came home on an RBI groundout from Pinnow to bring the lead to double digits at 13-3. 

In the bottom of the sixth, the Marauders scored a run to get back within single digits. Hines lifted a sac fly to score Winterstein in the top of the seventh but three UMary runs in the bottom of the frame kept the game moving with the score 14-7 AU. 

Pinnow continued his strong day with a leadoff double in the eighth. Berg followed with a walk and they each stole a base to get into scoring position. 

Pinnow was able to score on a wild pitch and Berg came around on a Winterstein RBI groundout to add a pair of runs. The Vikings got back ahead by double digits when Lind wheeled all the way around from first on a throwing error by the pitcher to bring the game to its final score. 

The Vikings play in the Birdcage on Wednesday afternoon, taking on Sioux Falls for a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m.