The Austin baseball team lost 7-1 at Owatonna (6-0 overall, 6-0 Big Nine) Tuesday.

The Packers (1-4 overall, 1-4 Big Nine) committed some early miscues that cost them and they stranded 11 runners on base.

“We could’ve been with them all game. It should’ve been a much closer game than it was. The door was open for us several times,” Austin head coach Chris Gogolewski said. “We need to find a way to battle back and produce some runs.”

Austin pitching: Michael Gaines (L) 3 IP, 2 H 5 BB, 5 R, 1 K; Isaac Schumacher, 3 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 2 R, 2 K

Austin hitting: Ethan Horstmann, 1-for-2, R; Nik Gasner, 1-for-4; Jacob Kempen, 1-for-3; Steven Clennon, 1-for-3, double; Alex Ciola, 1-for-3; Dylan Gasner, 1-for-3; Brady McDermott, 1-for-2