ST. CLOUD, Minn. -  The Augustana University baseball team (37-16) stayed alive in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Baseball Tournament Friday afternoon by defeating Minnesota State (34-16) 5-2 in their second game of the afternoon.

 

The Vikings got a great performance out of Lincoln Voss on the mound today. Voss went six solid innings allowing just one run and striking out six. Voss's strong performance and timely hitting by the Vikings helped Augustana stave off elimination and defeat Minnesota State 5-2

 

After a scoreless first inning Augustana took the early lead in the second inning. With one out in the inning Tyler Field got things started with a single to left field. After Lucas Wilber drew a walk, Field took third on a throwing error by the catcher. Justin Warne then broke the scoreless tie with a single to right field. The Vikings scored their second run of the inning on a single to center field making it 2-0 Vikings.

 

In the fifth inning Augustana got back-to-back singles from Alex Fink and Patrick Fiala to lead off the inning. After a sacrifice bunt from Alex Beals to move both runners into scoring position, Lucas Barry added insurance runs with one swing of the bat. When Barry saw his pitch he sent it deep over the right center field fence for a 3-run home run.

 

Minnesota State got on the board in the bottom of the sixth on a ground out by Taylor Branstad that scored Josh Wenzel who led off the inning with a double to right center.  

 

Collin Lovell entered the game in the eighth with the bases loaded and no outs. After striking out the first batter he faced he induced a ground ball getting the 6-4 putout. The Mavericks got a run on the ground out. Lovell got out of the inning with  strikeout looking that stranded MSU runners on the corners.

 

Voss's strong performance and timely hitting by the Vikings helped Augustana save off elimination and defeat Minnesota State 5-2

 

Pitchers of Record

Win - Lincoln Voss (6-2): 6 IP, 1 run, 1 earned run, 4 hits, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts

Loss - Josh Matheson (5-1): 4.1 IP, 5 runs, 5 earned runs, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts

 

Up Next

The Vikings will take on the winner of Northern State and Minnesota Duluth tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. The game will be played on Joe Faber Field.