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AUGUSTA – Augusta used a four-run fifth inning to open up a big lead, then held off a late rally by Marshfield Columbus Catholic to beat the Dons 8-6 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division baseball game Tuesday.
Augusta led 4-3 before scoring four runs in the bottom of the fifth to surge ahead. Columbus scored three runs in the top of the seventh but the rally was halted.
Brandon Nikolai, Pat Sullivan and Bryce DeSmet each had two hits for the Dons, who fall to 4-10 overall and 4-8 in the conference after losing for the fifth time in their last six games.
Columbus hosts Spencer on Thursday.
Beavers 8, Dons 6
Columbus 100 020 3 – 6 9 3
Augusta 211 040 x – 8 9 2
WP: Quinn Kirchoff. LP: Bryce DeSmet.
SO: DeSmet 0, Jeremy Binder 1; Kirchoff 3, Scott Halvorson 1. BB: DeSmet 1, Binder 0; Kirchoff 2, Halvorson 0.
Top hitters: C, Brandon Nikolai 2×4; Pat Sullivan 2×4, 3B; DeSmet 2×4. A, Aaron Herrick 2×4, 2B; Troy Zimmerman 2×3; Halvorson 2B, 2 runs; Jordan Beenken 2B, 2 RBIs; Trevor Barka 2B, 2 runs.
Records: Columbus Catholic 4-10, 4-8 Cloverbelt East; Augusta 5-8, 5-7 Cloverbelt East.