ROCHESTER — The Austin baseball team closed out its regular season with a 9-2 loss to Rochester John Marshall (15-5 overall, 14-4 Big Nine) in Rochester Tuesday.

JM won the Big Nine title with the victory as Rochester Century lost 6-4 to Rochester Mayo.

The Rockets pitched their ace in Ryan Lakin, but the Packers (6-14 overall, 5-13 Big Nine) led 2-1 after three innings as Gabe Kasak doubled and scored and hit an inside the park homerun.

JM took the lead when it scored three times in the fourth.

“It was a close game and we just ran into a bad inning,” Austin head coach Troy Watkins said. “But it wasn’t all bad. We hit the ball hard against their ace and Nik Gasner pitched a pretty good game.”

The Packers finished sixth in the Big Nine and they will open the Section 1AAA tournament this Saturday.

Austin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 — 2

JM 1 0 0 3 2 3 X — 9

Austin pitching: Nik Gasner (L), 4 IP, 6 R; Trevor Feuerhak, 2 IP, 3 R

Austin hitting: Gabe Kasak, 2-for-3, double, HR, RBI, 2 R; Marcus Stoulil, 0-for-3, RBI; Jacob Thompson, 1-for-3; Zach Wilder, 1-for-3, double; Anthony Condit, 1-for-3; Gasner, 1-for-3