The Carthage College baseball team (17-6, 9-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 14th in the April 12 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association /”D3baseball.com” poll, salvaged a three-game series with CCIW-opponent and No. 15 Augustana College (Ill., 19-6, 8-4 CCIW) on Monday, April 18 with a 13-0 win over the Vikings at Swanson Stadium/Brunner Field in Moline, Ill.

Carthage lost both ends of a Sunday, April 17 doubleheader to Augustana, 3-1 and 8-7, The series was originally scheduled to begin on Saturday, April 16 but was postponed one full day due to wet grounds. The win left the Red Men in a first-place tie in the CCIW with 9-3 Illinois Wesleyan Universityy.

The Red Men took out their frustrations on the Vikings with two big innings. Carthage took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a bunt-single RBI by Tyler Eickmeyer. The Red Men broke the game open with a five-run third inning. After scoring two unearned runs, Matt Soderlund doubled in a pair, and Eickmeyer followed with an RBI-single. Carthage scored five times in the fifth to up its lead to 11-0. Zach Kozlowski walked with the bases loaded. With the bases still loaded, Billy Herrin reach on catcher's interference, allowing Soderlund to score from third. Mike Petti followed with a two-run double, and John Hasser delivered an RBI-single. Kyle Pusateri's two-run double in the seventh closed out the scoring at 13-0, as the game was halted due to a 10-run rule.

Carthage collected 16 hits off three Augustana hurlers. Matt Soderlund (Sr., Racine, Wis./Washington Park) went three-for-four with a double and two RBI. Kyle Pusateri (Jr., Schaumburg, Ill.) went three-for-five with a double and two RBI, and John Hasser had three hits in five trips with a double and an RBI. Red Men starting pitcher Eric Rohe (Jr., Mundelein, Ill.) twirled a five-hit shutout to improve his record to 4-0, he dropped his earned run average 2.39. Ben Heaton (3-2), the Vikings starter, took the loss, with Rick Erickson taking over in the third inning and Luke Lowery in the fifth.

Carthage plays host to non-conference opponent Lakeland College (8-14) in a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Wednesday, April 20 at the Carthage Baseball Field in Kenosha, Wis.