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Augustana hit 3 home runs in 10-8 win against Aurora.
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ROCK ISLAND, Illinois – The offense continues to click for the 16th ranked Augustana Vikings baseball team and the result was a 10-8 non-conference victory over Aurora on Sunday, March 25, 2007. For the fourth game in a row and the sixth time this season the 16th ranked Vikings scored in double digits, this time over an Aurora team that advanced to the NCAA Division III World Series a year ago.
Once again it was junior leadoff man Marc Blakeley who led the way. The speedy centerfielder was three for four with two runs scored and two runs-batted-in. After Aurora took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a three run home run from first baseman Martin Diaz off Augustana starter Brandon Engle, Blakeley went to work. He homered off the Spartans' Jonathan Turek to lead off the bottom of the first. That is the third time in the last five games that Blakeley has led off the game with a round-tripper. It was his sixth home run of the season.
The Vikings got single runs in the second and third innings to tie the game 3-3 before Aurora touched Engle for two runs in the top of the fourth to take a 5-3 lead. Augustana broke through in the bottom of the fourth with a four run outburst. Myles Kurnick led off with a single and went to second on a balk. Tyler Anderson walked and Kurnick went to third and Anderson to second on a sacrifice bunt by Eric Izzo. Blakeley, who had doubled in a run in the second, was walked intentionally to load the bases. Mark Ramos singled home Kurnick and Don Hansen walked to bring in Anderson and tie the game at 5-5. Jake Meisenbach lined a double to left field to score Blakeley and Ramos to make it 7-5.
In the bottom of the sixth Blakeley singled for his third hit of the game and scored on Meisenbach's first home run of the season to make the score 9-5. Hansen hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth to bump the advantage to 10-5 heading into the ninth.
Eric Knott had relieved Engle to start the sixth and he got into a little trouble in the ninth and allowed three runs. With one out and runners on first and second with the score 10-8, however, Knott picked Josh Damore off second base for the second out of the inning and got Martin Diaz, who had three hits and three RBI, to fly out to Blakeley to end the game.
Augustana, now 12-1 on the season, had nine hits in the game, including the home runs from Blakeley, Meisenbach and Hansen. In addition, Blakeley and Meisenbach had doubles. Blakeley had three this while Hansen and Meisenbach had two each while Meisenbach collected four RBI.
Engle worked the first five innings and picked up the victory to move his record to 3-0 on the season.
Once again it was junior leadoff man Marc Blakeley who led the way. The speedy centerfielder was three for four with two runs scored and two runs-batted-in. After Aurora took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a three run home run from first baseman Martin Diaz off Augustana starter Brandon Engle, Blakeley went to work. He homered off the Spartans' Jonathan Turek to lead off the bottom of the first. That is the third time in the last five games that Blakeley has led off the game with a round-tripper. It was his sixth home run of the season.
The Vikings got single runs in the second and third innings to tie the game 3-3 before Aurora touched Engle for two runs in the top of the fourth to take a 5-3 lead. Augustana broke through in the bottom of the fourth with a four run outburst. Myles Kurnick led off with a single and went to second on a balk. Tyler Anderson walked and Kurnick went to third and Anderson to second on a sacrifice bunt by Eric Izzo. Blakeley, who had doubled in a run in the second, was walked intentionally to load the bases. Mark Ramos singled home Kurnick and Don Hansen walked to bring in Anderson and tie the game at 5-5. Jake Meisenbach lined a double to left field to score Blakeley and Ramos to make it 7-5.
In the bottom of the sixth Blakeley singled for his third hit of the game and scored on Meisenbach's first home run of the season to make the score 9-5. Hansen hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth to bump the advantage to 10-5 heading into the ninth.
Eric Knott had relieved Engle to start the sixth and he got into a little trouble in the ninth and allowed three runs. With one out and runners on first and second with the score 10-8, however, Knott picked Josh Damore off second base for the second out of the inning and got Martin Diaz, who had three hits and three RBI, to fly out to Blakeley to end the game.
Augustana, now 12-1 on the season, had nine hits in the game, including the home runs from Blakeley, Meisenbach and Hansen. In addition, Blakeley and Meisenbach had doubles. Blakeley had three this while Hansen and Meisenbach had two each while Meisenbach collected four RBI.
Engle worked the first five innings and picked up the victory to move his record to 3-0 on the season.
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