FAYETTE, Iowa – Concordia St. Paul baseball (15-18, 11-9 NSIC) dropped both games against the Upper Iowa Peacocks (14-21, 10-14 NSIC) on Tuesday afternoon at Robertson Woods Field as they fell 11-2 in game one and 7-6 in game two.
Concordia will return to action this weekend with a three-game road series against the Wayne State Wildcats. Action will begin with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1:30 and will conclude with the series finale on Sunday at noon.
GAME 1: CSP 2, UIU 11 (Seven Innings)
After spotting Upper Iowa nine runs in the opening inning and allowing a pair to cross in the third, the Golden Bears found themselves in a jam and could not capitalize on their momentum throughout the game as they left 11 runners stranded on base in the loss.
As a team, the Golden Bears collected seven hits.
Jaden Werner led the Golden Bears offensively with a 2-3 outing at the plate, which included a double and a walk for the Golden Bears.
Kal Brohmer added a 2-2 performance at the plate with a walk.
Christian Morel (2-4) started on the Bump with 2.1 innings, allowing five earned runs, walking three and striking out one.
Reece Piontek remained in the game for the final 3.2 innings, collecting four strikeouts and walking one in the scoreless relief appearance from the mound.
The Golden Bears scored their two runs of the game in the top of the second inning. An RBI single from
Justin McGuigan drove in Werner for the first run, while
Mason Wolf was able to score the second run after a wild pitch allowed him to score from third.
Neither team could find the score column for the remainder of the game, as Upper Iowa captured with an 11-2 victory.
GAME 2: CSP 6, UIU 7
Game two saw multiple momentum shifts with the two teams trading the lead four times in the nine inning affair. CSP collected a trio of runs in both the first and seventh inning, but Upper Iowa sealed the deal with the final run in the eighth to secure game two victory.
Multi-hit games from Brohmer,
Noah Juliar, Werner, and
Mason Nadolney combined for eight of the team's 10 hits in the contest as each of them finished with two hits apiece. Both of Brohmer's hits and one of Nadolney's hits went for an extra base as a double.
Nick Thimsen added a triple and a team-leading two RBIs, while
Brayden Roybal reached safely with a pair of walks.
Four different pitchers saw the mound for the Golden Bears in game two.
Gavin Rusch made the start and picked up the no-contest decision after going 5.0 innings with four strikeouts, two walks and zero earned runs allowed.
Eric Lundell (2-2) was charged with the loss after giving up one run in the eighth inning.
The Golden Bears got off to a quick start in the opening inning with three runs on four hits that were highlighted by an RBI double from Brohmer and RBI singles from Juliar and Nadolney to give Concordia an early 3-0 cushion.
After the Peacocks scored six unanswered that included a four-run sixth inning, the Golden Bears responded with an RBI triple from Thimsen that scored Roybal and Brohmer to tie the game 6-6 with two innings remaining.
However, Upper Iowa notched the final run of the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to secure the 7-6 win.
