Box Score SAUGET, Ill. (csssaints.com) – The St Scholastica baseball team had its second consecutive loss Saturday afternoon as 14th-ranked Concordia University-Chicago took a 2-1 win over the Saints.

After the Saints had a runner thrown out at the plate in the second inning, the Cougars got the scoring started in the bottom of the fourth.  After two outs by the Saints, Brent Spohr stepped up to the plate to hit a double scoring Zubrzycki and putting the Cougars up 1-0.

The Saints responded in the top of the fifth with Padraic Getchell (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS (North Dakota) ) sent out a double and advancing to third on a fielding error. Two batters later, Getchell scored on a Parker Olson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minn.-Duluth)) groundout to tie the game at 1-1.

The Saints would get a runner on third with no outs in the top of the sixth, but could not get him across to score. In the bottom frame, Colin Bethran had a two-run single to right to give Concordia the lead again at 2-1.

The Saints would leave runners at third base in the eighth and ninth innings as they fell 2-1.

Andy Davis (Chippewa Falls, Wis./McDonell HS ) picked up the hard luck loss for the Saints. Davis struck out four in eight innings of work. Ryan Thorsen pitched seven innings for Concordia and had seven strikeouts in the win.

Tyler Henderson (Chisago Lakes, Minn./Chisago Lakes HS) and Trevor Bernsdorf (Meadowlands, Minn./Floodwood HS (Doane) ) led the Saints offense with two hits each. For the Cougars, Steve Zubrzycki took home two hits and both runs.

The Saints (8-6) will be back at GCS Ballpark tomorrow as they face No. 6 Webster University (Mo.) at 10 a.m. Listen to the action live on Saints Sports Net.