Austin Post 91 drops last two regular season games

Published 9:24 pm Friday, July 14, 2017

The Austin Post 91 Legion baseball team closed out its regular season with a pair of losses in Mankato Friday night. Austin lost to Mankato American 7-6 in eight innings and Austin fell to Mankato National 4-2.

Dan Bollingberg was four-for-nine with a double and a triple with an RBI on the night for Post 91 (13-4 overall) and AJ Mueller was four-for-eight with a double.

Austin will open the postseason as the top seeded team when it hosts a District tournament game in Marcusen Park 7 p.m. Tuesday. The rest of the District tournament will be held in Owatonna.

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Mankato American 7, Austin 6 (8 innings)

Austin pitching: Luke Hawskhead, 4 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 2 ER, 2 K; Josi Bothun, 3 IP, 7 H, 1 BB, 4 ER, 1 K; Alex Ciola (L) 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 1 ER, 1 K

Austin hitting: Jack Dankert, 1-for-5, R; Dan Bollingberg, 1-for-5, triple, R; Bothun, 2-for-5, R, 2 RBIs; Phillip Zynda, 1-for-3, R, 2 BBs; Ciola, 1-for-3, RBI; AJ Mueller, 2-for-4, RBI; Pete Conner, 1-for-4; Hunter Johnson, 0-for-4, R; Ross Young, 2-for-3, R, BB

Mankato National 4, Austin 2

Austin pitching: Ciola 4 1/3 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 K; Bollingberg, 2/3 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 R; Dankert, 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER

Austin hitting: Dankert, 0-for-3, R, BB; Bollingberg, 3-for-4, double, RBI; Zynda, 1-for-3, BB; Bothun, 0-for-4; Mueller, 2-for-4, double; Conner, 0-for-3, BB; Johnson, 1-for-2, double, R, BB; Hawkshead, 0-for-2; Young, 1-for-2, RBI; Ciola, 0-for-1