Mayo opened its season by dropping a pair of games to Austin in Big Nine Conference baseball on Tuesday.
The Packers posted the sweep against the host Spartans, winning 15-7 and 16-10.
"Austin played better baseball than us," Mayo coach Tom Senne said. "They were able to make the routine plays and throw strikes. Both teams hit the ball hard all day. We gave up too many big innings and struggled to find outs to stop the bleeding."
Hunter Johnson hit a home run and drove in four runs for the Packers in the opener while Pete Conner scored five runs.
Lucas Jahns went 3-for-4 for Mayo while Evan Kaese was 2-for-4 with four RBIs.
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In the second game, Andrew Mueller went 3-for-5 with five RBIs while Riley Wempner was also 3-for-5.
Jahns had another three-hit game for Mayo while Kaese went 3-for-4 with four more RBIs. Christopher Serrano Luciano had three RBIs and Sam Warren scored four runs.
"It was a frustrating day, but not one to lose any sleep over," Senne said.
Mayo hosts Owatonna in a doubleheader at Mayo Field at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
Austin 15, Mayo 7
(First game)
Austin 204 420 3 — 15 15 2
Mayo 016 000 0 — 7 11 4
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Austin: Hunter Johnson 1-for-5, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 R; Andrew Mueller 2-for-5, 4 RBI, 1 R; Josi Bothun 1-for-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R; Jack Dankert 1-for-4, 3 R; Riley Wempner 1-for-2; Phillip Zynda 3-for-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 4 R; Pete Conner 2-for-3, 5 R; Riley Retterath 3-for-4, 2 RBI; Michael O Connor 1-for-2. Pitchers: Bothun (WP) 5 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K; Murphy 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
Mayo: Lucas Jahns 3-for-4, 1 2B, 2 R; Alex Prindle 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 R; Jack Murphy 1 RBI, 1 R; Sam Warren 1-for-3; Ryan Barkey 2-for-3, 1 RBI; William Weick 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R; Carter Pasternak 1 R; Evan Kaese 2-for-4, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 1 R. Pitchers: Levi DeYoung 3 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Michael Bigalk (LP) 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K; Jason Martin 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Davis Schultz 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.
Austin 16, Mayo 10
(Second game)
Austin 056 101 3 — 16 16 2
Mayo 022 303 0 — 10 13 4
Austin: Andrew Mueller 3-for-5, 1 2B, 5 RBI, 1 R; Ross Young 1 RBI, 1 R; Josi Bothun 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R; Jack Dankert 2-for-4, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 4 R; Riley Wempner 3-for-5, 3 R; Phillip Zynda 1 RBI, 1 R; Pete Conner 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 2 R; Riley Retterath 3-for-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R. Pitchers: O’Conner (WP) 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K; Ciola 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K; Connor 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K; Dankert 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
Mayo: Lucas Jahns 3-for-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 3 R;Jack Murphy 1-for-3, 1 RBI; Christopher Serrano Luciano 1-for-4, 3 RBI; Sam Warren 1-for-5, 4 R; Levi DeYoung 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R; William Weick 1 R; Carter Pasternak 2-for-4, 2 R; Evan Kaese 3-for-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R. Pitchers: Collins (LP) 2 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 1 K; Barkey 3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K; Kaese 2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.
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Red Wing sweeps John Marshall
RED WING — John Marshall was officially the home team, but took to the road, and dropped a pair of games to open its baseball season on Tuesday.
The Rockets were slated to host Red Wing in a doubleheader in the season opener, but the field at John Adams Middle School was too wet. Red Wing hosted and ended up with a 6-3, 7-1 sweep as the visiting team.
Teddy Tauer allowed just one earned run on two hits over six innings in the opener for the Wingers. JM was limited to three singles in the contest and Michael Drucker drove in a run.
Red Wing received another strong pitching outing in the nightcap. Marcus Walm allowed one earned run on five hits over five innings. Teddy Lillico went 2-for-2 at the plate with a double and three RBIs.
Aaron Limberg, Caleb Gronholz and Ian Bergstrom all had two hits for JM.
Red Wing 6, John Marshall 3
(First game)
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Red Wing 000 501 0 — 6 7 3
John Marshall 030 000 0 — 3 3 2
Red Wing: Jack Carlson 1-for-2, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R; Barrent Blaney 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R; Zach Harding 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R; Seth Yeatman 1-for-3, 1 R. Pitchers: Teddy Tauer (WP) 6 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K; Seth Yeatman 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K.
John Marshall: Aaron Limberg 1 R; Michael Drucker 1 RBI; Sam Lingen 1-for-2, 1 R; Mathew Cwikla 1-for-2; Ian Bergstrom 1-for-2, 1 R. Pitchers: Brendan Baxter (LP) 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K; Ian Bergstrom 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.
Red Wing 7, John Marshall 1
(Second game)
Red Wing 004 001 2 — 7 7 0
John Marshall 000 100 0 — 1 8 1
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Red Wing: Teddy Lillico 2-for-2, 1 2B, 3 RBI; Grant Rolen 1-for-3, 1 R; Seth Yeatman 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 R; Teddy Tauer 1-for-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R. Pitchers: Marcus Walm (WP) 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K; Ben Kuehni 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
John Marshall: Aaron Limberg 2-for-3; Caleb Gronholz 2-for-4; Mathew Cwikla 1-for-3; Kyle Ebert 1-for-3, 1 R; Ian Bergstrom 2-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI. Pitchers: Mathew Cwikla (LP) 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 2 K; Lucas Rindflesch 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K.
