Baseball: Packers fall to Red Wing, will play Albert Lea Tuesday
Published 8:29 pm Monday, May 30, 2016
Austin third baseman Jack Dankert scoops up a ground ball during Monday’s Section 1AAA game against Red Wing at the Red Wing Athletic Field. (Joe Brown/Red Wing Republican Eagle)
The No. 6 seeded Austin baseball team lost to Red Wing for the third time this season when it managed just three hits in a 3-0 loss to the top seeded Wingers in the Section 1AAA semifinals in Red Wing Monday.
Austin pitcher Alex Ciola had three strikeouts and two walks allowed in the Packers’ 3-0 loss to Red Wing in the Section 1AAA playoffs Monday at the Red Wing Athletic Field. (Joe Brown/Red Wing Republican Eagle)
Austin began the day by beating Albert Lea 6-4 in Red Wing and it will play at No. 3 Albert Lea in an elimination game 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Alex Ciola held the Wingers to just two earned runs, but the Packers couldn’t find any offense.
“Their pitcher kept us off balanced all game,” Austin head coach Chris Gogolewski said. “It was a good pitchers dual.”
Nate Conner picked up the pitching win against AL as he struck out seven.
Red Wing 3, Austin 0
Austin pitching: Alex Ciola (L) 6 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 K
Austin hitting: Nate Conner, 1-for-3; Dylan Gasner, 1-for-3; Phillip Zynda, 1-for-3
Austin 6, AL 4
Austin pitching: Nate Conner (W) 7 IP, 1 BB, 4 R, 7 K
Austin hitting: Alex Ciola, 2-for-4; Dylan Gasner, 1-for-3; Jason Stoulil, 1-for-4; Forrest Lewis, 1-for-2; Ryan McCormack, 1-for-2; Jack Dankert, 1-for-2