The Austin baseball team lost two games to Rochester John Marshall on the Road Saturday.

The Packers (3-13 overall, 2-12 Big Nine) dropped the opener 9-3 and fell short 3-2 in the second game after Alex Nelson of JM lifted a walk-off single into deep left field to in the bottom of the seventh to break a 2-2 tie.

JM had two outs with no runners on base in the bottom of the seventh of the second game but had four straight hitters get on base.

The Rockets (8-7 overall) tied the game up in the bottom of the sixth by scoring on a passed ball.

“We need to play a complete game and we keep dropping these close ones,” Austin head coach Troy Watkins said. “We’ll take an early lead and it’s almost like we relax.”

The Packers led 2-0 in the first inning of the nightcap when Joey Swatfager knocked in a run with a double and Brady Klingfus singled in a run, but Austin, which had just four hits in each game, couldn’t score any more runs after having bases loaded with one out.

In the first game, Austin’s Anthony Condit hit a three-run double with two outs to make it a 5-3 JM lead in the fifth, but JM’s Anthony Johnson put it out of reach with a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.

JM 9, Austin 3

Austin pitching: Robert Wahlert (L), 2 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 ER, 1 K, 3 HBP; Preston Higbe, 3 2/3 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 4 ER, 1 K, 1 HBP

Austin hitting: Anthony Condit, 1-for-3, double, 3 RBIs; Mike Tindal, 1-for-3, R; Quinn Yocom, 1-for-2, R, SB; Jacob Hines, 1-for-3

JM 3, Austin 2

Austin pitching: Brady Klingfus (L), 6 2/3 IP, 7 H, 3 BB, 3 R, 2 ER, 6 K

Austin hitting: Yocom, 1-for-3, R; Klingfus, 1-for-3, RBI; Condit, 1-for-2; Joey Swatfager, 1-for-4, double, RBI