Baseball 3/20/03 -- Augsburg 17, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 13 (10 inn.)

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (3/20/03) -- Joe Haehn (Fr., Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn HS) hit his fourth home run of the season in dramatic fashion on Thursday, a game-winning, grand-slam home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Augsburg College a 17-13 triumph over Washington & Jefferson College (Pa.) in a Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic baseball game at Cape Coral Field.

With one out and the bases loaded, Haehn crushed a homer to clear the bases, giving him a 2-for-4, six-RBI day, to help Augsburg improve to 4-8-1 overall. The game was a scheduled nine-inning affair.

Augsburg jumped out to a 9-3 lead after four innings, but watched as Washington & Jefferson rallied to take the lead with 10 runs in a three-inning span.

Augsburg tied the game at 13-13 in the bottom of the ninth inning, as Andy Nelson (Fr., Waseca, Minn.) doubled and scored on a single by Nick Rathmann (Sr., Waseca, Minn.), and a two-run double by Jon Kozitza (Jr., North Mankato, Minn.) plated Rathmann and Haehn to tie the game. Two walks, a single and fielder's choice led to Haehn's heroics in the 10th inning.

Trailing 3-0, Augsburg scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning. A two-run double by Haehn and RBI single by Taylor Pagel (So., Cannon Falls, Minn.) highlighted the inning.

Augsburg sent 10 batters to the plate and scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth, taking advantage of three errors by Washington & Jefferson, a two-run single by Russ Bauer (Sr., Faribault, Minn.) and a two-run double by Pagel. Augsburg scored a single run in the fifth, when Haehn reached on an error and came across on a single by Bauer. Bauer hgd two hits and drove in three runs, while Pagel went 3-for-6 with three RBI.

Collin Nash (Jr., Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) started for the Auggies and lasted five innings. Tyler Suter (Fr., Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) gave up seven runs -- though just two were earned -- in the sixth inning. Isaac Schmidt (So., Luverne, Minn.) pitched four and-a-third innings of relief to score the win for the Auggies.

Augsburg returns to action on Friday with a doubleheader against the University of Massachusetts-Boston at 4 p.m. at Cape Coral Field.

Augsburg 17, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 13
W & J -- 300 017 200 0 -- 13-9-7
Augsburg -- 400 510 003 4 -- 17-16-7