TUCSON, Ariz. – The Macalester College baseball team wrapped up play at the Tucson Invitational with a pair of losses to Concordia-Wisconsin, 4-3 in 10 innings and 13-4 Saturday afternoon at the Kino Sports Complex. The Scots return to Minnesota with a 7-7 record on the season, while the Falcons improve to 8-6.

In the first game, Macalester scored twice in the third inning to take a 2-0 lead. First year Cooper Jensen (Washington, D.C./The Field School) and junior Jared Abelson (Herndon, Va./South Lakes) led off the inning with singes, then Jensen moved to third on a grounder to second. Senior Nick McMullen (Payson, Ariz./Payson) followed with a sacrifice fly that plated Jensen with the first run of the game. With runners on first and second, junior Graham Low (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) singled home senior Alex Baretta (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) for a 2-0 lead.

After Concordia scored a run in the fifth, Low hit the first pitch of the top of the sixth over the left field fence for a 3-1 lead. The Falcons came back to tie the score with two runs in the bottom of the seventh and had runners at first and third with one out. But the Scots turned a double play, sending the game to extra innings. Neither team scored until the bottom of the 10th, as a bases-loaded walk ended the game in favor of Concordia, 4-3. Low and McMullen each had three hits for Macalester. Senior lefty Joe Trier (Madison, Wis./West) held Concordia to one run on three hits while fanning five and walking one in a five-inning no-decision.

The Falcons led off the second game with two runs in the top of the first and another in the second for a 3-0 lead. In the bottom of the second, junior Sam Goldberg (N. Potomac, Md./Thomas S. Wootton) hit a three-run home run with seniors Collin Brantner (Farmington, Conn./Kingswood Oxford) and Ben Castagnetti (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) on base to tie the score at 3-3. But Concordia responded with five runs in the third, two in the fifth and three in the seventh to cruise to a 13-4 win. Brantner doubled to score first year Jack Sahargun (Coto de Caza, Calif./Tesoro) in the third for the Scots' other run. Junior Craig Burke (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) singled in the seventh for Macalester's fourth and final hit of the game.

The Scots are scheduled to play a doubleheader against Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday, Mar. 24 in Mankato, Minn.