ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College baseball team downed Augsburg University, 5-2 in the second game of a MIAC doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at a chilly Nicholson Field. The Scots, who lost Game 1, 3-0, are now 9-10 overall and 3-5 in the league, while the Auggies are 6-15, 2-6 MIAC.

All the scoring in the first game came in the third inning, with Augsburg's Mike Brookshaw hitting a two-run double and Walker Rogers drawing a bases-loaded walk for a 3-0 lead. Macalester stranded two runners on base in the sixth, then loaded the bases in the seventh with two outs. With the tying run at first and the winning run at the plate, the Scots were unable to extend the inning, as Dylan Irving fanned the final batter to end the game.

Senior Graham Low (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) went 3-for-3 at the plate, while junior Carl Francalangia (West Hartford, Conn./The Loomis-Chaffee School) was 2-for-2. Sophomore right-hander Alex Denzler (New York, N.Y./Trevor Day School) gave up three runs on six hits while striking out five and walking four to fall to 2-1 on the season.

As the temperature dropped at Nicholson Field, the Macalester bats warmed up in Game 2. Low stayed hot, blasting a solo home run to the opposite field in the bottom of the first inning for a 1-0 lead. Then in the second, sophomore Cooper Jensen (Washington, D.C./The Field School) hit a two-run double with two outs to put the Scots on top, 3-0. Low helped to make it 5-0 in the third with a double that plated first year Soren Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./The Blake School). Low eventually scored in the third on a sacrifice fly from sophomore Sam Rosevear (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg).

However, the story of the game was senior lefty Thomas Shogren (Woodbury, Minn./Minnehaha Academy), who kept the Augsburg batters at bay in a complete-game victory. Shogren held the Auggies to two unearned runs on six hits while striking out three and walking one in nine innings to improve to 1-2. Offensively for the Scots, Low was 2-for-3 to improve his MIAC-leading batting average to .500 on the season, while first year Lian Lincoln (Anchorage, Alaska/South Anchorage) also delivered two hits.

Macalester is scheduled to host Cornell College in a non-conference doubleheader on Friday, April 12 at Nicholson Field. Visit athletics.macalester.edu for schedule updates and weather postponements.