TUCSON, Ariz. - Concordia-St. Paul baseball (2-6) closed out its spring to the Tucson Invitational Games with an 8-4 loss to Lubbock Christian (11-13) on Tuesday morning at Kino Sports Complex. Lubbock Christian snapped a five game skid with the victory.

The Golden Bears took the lead in the second inning on an Eric Fasnacht RBI double to deep left center field and carried the lead to the bottom of the eighth inning.

Concordia extended the lead to 3-0 when Andrew Shotwell came through with a 2-run single with runners on second and third and no outs, punching a line drive through a drawn in infield in the sixth inning.

The Golden Bears weren't able to extend the lead, missing out on nine sacrifice bunt opportunities and leaving nine runners on base including six in scoring position.

Junior left handed starting pitcher Kody Knaus was excellent in his second start as a Golden Bear, throwing just 75 pitches (56 strikes) over six strong innings. He allowed one earned run (two total) on four hits, striking out three with no walks.

He didn't allow a hit through 3.1 innings and only allowed one runner into scoring position through five. He also showed ability to pitch out of trouble in the sixth, leaving runners on first and third with the 3-2 lead intact.

Junior right handed pitcher Yuji Suzuki relieved him in the seventh, making quick work of the Chaps in a 10-pitch, three-up and three-down inning.

But the Chaps rallied in the eight off Suzuki, putting the first five runners on base including a 3-run bases clearing double that put LCU ahead 5-4. He was charged with his first loss of the year.

LCU continued the rally, getting a 2-run single with the bases loaded later in the inning as the Chaps put up six runs to take their first lead, 8-4.

Senior Kyle Dalton punched a hit in his first at bat and has hit safely in all eight games to start the year with a 10-game hitting streak and leaves Arizona with a .472 average. He has four 3-hit games and five multi-hit games.

Fellow senior Tyler Krekling went 2-4 and leaves Arizona hitting .407 from the second spot behind Dalton and has hit safely in five straight while reaching base in all eight contests.

Freshman Connor Olson went 2-5 with two runs and an RBI and is off to a .417 start at the plate in his career while moving into the cleanup spot in the lineup.

Fasnacht added another multi-hit game as well, going 2-3 with two doubles, a walk and an RBI. He leads the team with 11 RBI and in slugging at .667.

Krekling, Fasnacht and Olson are all second on the team to Dalton with four multi-hit games.

Concordia is scheduled to open the season at home this weekend with a four game series with Minnesota Crookston on Saturday and Sunday at Barnes Field.