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Colin Gudereit pitched a 5-hit complete game for the Marauders in a 3-0 loss to Augustana University to open a Northern Sun doubleheader. In a pair of games relocated from Bismarck, ND, to Sioux Falls, SD, due to unseasonable weather issues, the Marauders also fell short to the Vikings in the night cap 10-5.
Originally scheduled as a four-game set, Sunday's twin bill between the Marauders and the Vikings have been cancelled due to impending wintery weather conditions in Sioux Falls. It will be the first two conference games the Marauders will have had cancelled this season, though most of their NSIC games have been relocated, have undergone a date change, or both as unseasonable cold temperatures have enveloped the upper Midwest.
GAME 1 #3 Augustana University 3 University of Mary 0
UMary's Gudereit allowed no hits and just two baserunners in the final four innings of play in the opener but single runs in each of the first three innings was all Augustana needed to edge the Marauders in the opener.
PIVOT POINT
Two-out base hits in each of the first and second innings allowed the Vikings to take a 2-0 lead. Sam Baier singled to left with two outs and stole second before scoring the first run of the game on a base hit by Jordan Barth. With two outs in the second and runners on first and second, a base hit to right by Riley Johnson increased the Augie advantage to 2-0.
The Marauders had two runners in scoring position in the fourth inning but couldn't find a way to score and cut into the then 3-0 deficit.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Gudereit struck out two, walked two and allowed five hits and three runs in his seven inning complete game, his first with the Marauders.
Travis Stevens went 2-for-3 to pace the UMary offense.
Connor Doll posted the Marauders other hit.
Jordan Barth had a single, a sacrifice fly and two RBIs for Augie.
Tyler Mitzel pitched a 7-inning complete game shutout for Augie, striking out five and allowing three hits and one walk.
STAT OF THE GAME
The Marauders left just four runners on base in the game to three for the Vikings.
GAME 2 Augie 10 UMary 5
Travis Stevens limited Augustana to a pair of runs through the first five innings before the Vikings exploded for seven runs behind five hits and two UMary errors in the sixth inning. The Marauders picked up four runs in the eighth inning.
PIVOT POINT
The first two hitters in the game singled for the Marauders but UMary was unable to take advantage.
Connor Doll singled to led off the game but was caught stealing.
Jaxon Ford followed with a base hit, stole second and was stranded. The Marauders were then held hitless the next four innings until the breaking through and scoring in the bottom of the sixth inning after trailing 9-0.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Seven different Marauders had hits in the game.
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Cody Ghents singled in the sixth, took second on an infield single by
Seth Siverson, stole third base and scored on a throwing error.
Stevens and
Chris Scott posted run-scoring singles in the eighth inning for the Marauders.
Cody Fourre doubled in the eighth inning for the Marauders lone extra base hit of the game.
Michael Svozil and Sam Baier both had two hits and scored twice for Augie.
STAT OF THE GAME
Augustana left three runners on base to five for UMary. The Vikings had 14 runners reach on hits (9), walks (2) and a hit batter (1), plus two by errors. UMary had 11 baserunners reach on hits (7), walks (2) and errors (2).
ON DECK
With the cancellation of the Marauders-Vikings doubleheader scheduled for Sunday, April 8, the Marauders are next slated to host Concordia-St. Paul on April 11 and Southwest Minnesota State on April 14-15.
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