The Aurora University baseball team began a four-game road trip on Saturday afternoon that includes a couple of NACC doubleheaders, first with the Falcons of Concordia University Wisconsin. AU fell in game one 10-0 in seven innings. before battling the Falcons back-and-forth in a close 5-4 game two loss.


Game One Score: Concordia University Wisconsin 10, Aurora University 0 (7 inn.)
Game Two Score: Concordia University Wisconsin 5, Aurora University 4
Record: Aurora University 14-13 overall and 9-5 NACC; Concordia University Wisconsin 15-12 overall and 7-7 NACC
Location: Mequon, Wisconsin

Game One
- CUW went on a scoring barrage in the bottom-of-the-second inning, rattling off six runs to take a 6-0 lead.
- AU got a runner in scoring position in their half of the fifth with a Nick Czarnecki double, but were unable to scratch a run across.
- In the bottom-of-the-sixth, the Falcons scored two runs to take an 8-0 lead.
- The Spartans would end up falling by a score of 10-0 in seven innings.

Game Two
- AU didn't waste any time grabbing a lead in the top-of-the-first, starting with a Ryan Buck single through the left side that scored Joe Lukancic.
- The very next batter Logan Riley drove a double to left-center that scored Buck and Kyle Mack to make it 3-0 in favor of the Spartans.
- CUW answered back with one run in their half of the first.
- The Falcons then trimmed the AU lead to 3-2 with another run in the third.
- In the bottom-of-the-fifth, CUW scored two runs to take a 4-3 lead.
- Dominick Curcio answered back for the Spartans in the top-of-the-sixth, ripping an RBI triple that scored Spencer Ruch, tying the score at four.
- Brandon Todd entered the game in the fifth for AU on the mound and would keep that 4-4 score locked until the final inning of play.
- In the bottom-of-the-ninth, the Falcons scored a run for the 5-4 victory.


Game One
HITTING
HITS: Nick Czarnecki (2)
DOUBLE: Nick Czarnecki (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Jon Wray (3.1), Edgar Barba (2.0) and Ryan Buck (1.0)
DECISIONS: Edgar Barba (Loss, 2-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Edgar Barba (3) and Ryan Buck (2)

Game Two
HITTING
HITS: Dominick Curcio, Ryan Buck and Logan Riley (2)
DOUBLE: Logan Riley and Brayden Gorecki (1)
TRIPLE: Dominick Curcio (1)
RUNS: Ryan Buck, Kyle Mack, Spencer Ruch and Joe Lukancic (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Logan Riley (2), Ryan Buck and Dominick Curcio (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Adrian Ruiz (4.1) and Brandon Todd (4.0)
DECISIONS: Brandon Todd (Loss, 1-2)
STRIKEOUTS: Adrian Ruiz (2) and Brandon Todd (1)