SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Augustana baseball team returned to its home dominance on Wednesday afternoon, beating Concordia-St. Paul 11-3 and 5-3 on Wednesday afternoon at Ronken Field. 

Records
Augustana 30-12, 23-6 NSIC
Concordia-St. Paul 20-24, 15-17 NSIC

Game one: Augustana 11, Concordia-St. Paul 3
Kobe Eikmeier continued his decorated sophomore campaign with two hits and scored three runs while Nate Soelter and Troy Berg had two hits and scored two runs each. Berg drove in three runs while Ragan Pinnow had two hits and two RBI.

Mariano Gomez (7-0) allowed three hits and an unearned run in five innings with five strikeouts. Myles Hanson struck out a pair in a scoreless sixth inning and Will Henry allowed a pair of runs in an inning of work to close the game. 

The Golden Bears scored an unearned run in the first before a Carter Heinsch sac fly in the bottom of the inning evened the score at 1-1. In the second, Bjorn Lind singled and reached second on a balk before moving to third on a Ryan Clementi single and steal put them both in scoring position with nobody out. 

Berg broke the tie when he sent a 2-0 pitch to right to score both and, after stealing third, scored on a Maddox Foss groundout to make it 4-1 Vikings. With two outs, Eikmeier reached on an error and Soelter singled to continue the threat. Eikmeier would come around on a Heinsch single and Pinnow would add two more with a single to put the Vikings ahead 7-1.

Soelter brought in two more runs in the fourth before scoring on a throwing error to add onto the lead. Berg rounded up the Viking scoring with a solo blast in the fifth and a two-run home run in the seventh inning from CSP brought the game to its final score. 

Game two: Augustana 5, Concordia-St. Paul 3
Soelter had two more hits and drove in a pair while Jake Lundquist went 2 for 3 with a stolen base 

Carson Walker allowed a pair of runs in an inning of work to open the game. Josiah Petersen threw the bulk of game two, allowing just one hit and an unearned run in 5 1/3 innings while striking out eight while moving to 2-0 on the season. Joel Van De Stroet tallied a strikeout in an inning of work and Adam Diedrich moved within one of the program's all-time record in career saves after striking out two and recording the final five outs of the game. 

The Golden Bears struck for two runs in the first inning and would hold that lead into the fifth inning. The Vikings charged back during a messy frame, scoring four runs on a hit while taking advantage of CSP mistakes. An error, sac fly, sac bunt and balk all brought a run across. 

After the Golden Bears scored a run in the seventh inning to get within one, Nate Soelter rolled a two-out double to left center, scoring Eikmeier from first to grow the lead to 5-3 and round out the scoring. 

The Vikings will be back in action this weekend with a three-game set at the Birdcage against USF, starting with a 6 p.m., first pitch on Friday.