WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Concordia-St. Paul baseball team (8-10) finished its week in Florida with a split on Tuesday, defeating Malone University 16-4 in seven innings and falling to No. 10 Rollins College 5-2 at Alfond Stadium.

With the split, Concordia finishes its 10-game trip to Florida with an overall record of 6-4, including a 2-1 NSIC series win over Jamestown (N.D.).

GAME ONE: CSP 16, MALONE 4
The Golden Bears piled it on early and often in the first game of the day, scoring four in the first and three in the second to build a comfortable lead before adding one in the fourth, three in the fifth, and five in the sixth. Concordia put on a hitting clinic, totaling its second-best offensive output of the season with 13 hits while playing error-free baseball on defense. The Bears' slugging percentage also took a healthy leap following the game, as they finished with three doubles, two triples, and a home run.

Junior first baseman Charlie Harms, who finished the game 2-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored, got the scoring started for the Bears with a fielder's choice that allowed Kaden Johnson to score in the top of the first. Shortly after with a pair of runners on base, freshman Gus Berger went deep for Concordia's first home run of the spring trip to put the Bears up 4-0.  Berger finished the game 2-for-2 with five runs batted in.

Concordia went on to add three more in the second inning, with RBI from Eric Berg, Max Kaplan, and another from Berger on a triple that plated Kaplan.
Malone got on the board with pair of runs in the fourth, but Berger came through once again in the bottom half of the inning with a sacrifice fly that scored Charlie Harms.

After the Pioneers cut the deficit to four with a two-run fifth inning, Kaden Johnson, who tallied three hits, three RBI, and four runs scored in game one, laced a ground-rule double to left field to extend CSP's lead to 9-4.

Berg added on with a two-RBI single later in the fifth, and Johnson, Harms, and Berg all added extra runs batted in in the sixth to complete the seven-inning rout.
Redshirt freshman Louis Walker started the game and earned the win for Concordia, going 4.1 innings with seven hits and four runs allowed. Junior Justin Benjamin earned the save for CSP, closing the final 2.2 innings with three strikeouts while holding the Pioneers scoreless and without a hit.

A total of five players recorded multi-hit games for the Bears, including a three-hit performance for Johnson.

GAME TWO: #10 Rollins 5, CSP 2
The Tars built an early lead in game one, scoring four runs in the first inning and adding another in the fourth to carve out a 5-0 lead.

The Bears got on the board in the ninth, with Berger knocking in a run with an RBI double and freshman Blake Eckmann plating a run on a groundout.
Despite the loss, Concordia outhit the Tars 9-7, though Rollins tallied three extra-base hits to Concordia's one.

The Bears relied on a trio of young arms to wrap up the spring trip, with sophomore Tyus Smith and freshman Ryley Wuebkers finishing the game in relief of redshirt freshman Daniel Mushgjerd. Smith gave Concordia five solid innings on the mound, allowing just four hits and a single earned run with two strikeouts. Wuebkers also logged a quality appearance for Concordia, holding the Tars hitless with two strikeouts in the game's final two innings.

Sophomore Eric Berg led the team in hits across the two games, finishing the day 5-for-7 with a double.

Following their return to Minnesota, the Golden Bears will return to conference play with a weekend series against Southwest Minnesota State.