AUSTIN — The Albert Lea baseball team secured a 9-4 win over Austin in their first game of a double header on Tuesday.

Tigers coach Joe Sczublewski said they took advantage of opportunities with timely hitting and also with outstanding pitching by Dylan See-Rockers.

A hit by Houston Sharpe in the third inning was key to the Tigers’ win.

“He cleaned out the bases and we never relinquished,” Sczublewski said. “It was a 1-1 score, he doubled off the fence to knock in three runs.”

The second game against the Packers came down to the seventh inning which ended in an 8-5 Tiger loss.

The Tigers were down 8-3 when they scored two runs with two outs. Bases were loaded when they got their last out.

“It was a hard hit ball that they just made a nice play on,” Sczublewski said. “It was a nice rally, we just spotted them too big of a lead, and it was hard to catch up, but our kids battled at the end.”

Sczublewski said the game came down to having too many runners left on base.

The Tigers are now 7-3 overall and 6-3 in the Big Nine Conference.

 

Game 1

Albert Lea 104 022 0 — 9 9 2

Austin 100 010 2 — 4 5 2

 

WP — Dylan See-Rockers 7 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 13 SO

 

Albert Lea hitting: Jonathan Fleek 2-2, 2 R; Houston Sharpe 1-2, 1 HBP, 3 RBI, 2B; Zach Bordewick 1-4, 2B; Logan Enderson 1-1, 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI; Cody Scherff 1-1; Makael Lunning 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB; Ethan Abben 1-2, 2 R, 2B, 1 RBI; See-Rockers 1-3, 2 R, 2B, 1 BB; Cody Haaland 0-2, 2 RBI, 2 sacrifice flys

 

Game 2

Albert Lea 100 200 2 — 5 14 3

Austin 300 500 x — 8 9 1

 

LP — Tyler Enderson 3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 3 SO

 

Albert Lea hitting: Houston Sharpe 3-3, 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB; Cody Haaland 2-4, 1 R, 2B; Logan Enderson 2-4, 2B; Zach Bordewick 2-4, 3 RBI; Lucas Hansen 1-2, 1 BB; Makael Lunning 1-4, 1 R; Ethan Abben 1-4, 1 RBI; Jonathan Fleek 1-3, 1 R; Dylan See-Rockers 1-4, 1 R