Alexandria Carter/ Winonan

The Winona State University baseball team finished their six-game road trip by dropping a doubleheader against Augustana on Wednesday before coming home to win three games against the University of Sioux Falls.

After a combined eight errors defensively between the games against Augustana, head coach Kyle Poock said, “The errors cost us. We learned that we need to compete every inning and be focused every at-bat.”

Starting with Augustana, Winona State lost the first game of the doubleheader 8-5 before dropping the second 15-5 in Sioux Falls, S.D.

In the first game the Warriors took an early 1-0 lead until the bottom of the second when the Wildcats scored three runs, two of them coming from an error.

Winona State responded with three runs in the top of the third to reclaim the lead at 4-3.

After an error in the fifth inning on a potential double play, the Vikings got back-to-back RBI doubles, scoring three runs in the process. Augustana added two more runs in the sixth, one of which was on a throwing error to claim an 8-4 lead over the Warriors.

In the seventh inning Michael Hommes scored on a Tyler Nehring RBI ground out, but the Warriors fell short in an 8-5 final.

Jay Voter was credited with the loss, giving up six runs, three earned on eight hits, no walks and two strikeouts.

In the second game the Warriors took a 1-0 lead off an Andrew Geislinger home run and over the next five innings the Vikings posted five unanswered runs.

In the sixth, the Warriors added three runs to make it 5-4 before the Vikings answered in the sixth and seventh inning with seven runs.

Mitchell Heid hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth but Augustana finished the game with three more runs in the bottom of the inning to post a 15-5 victory.

Heid went 2-for-4 from the plate with a homer, three RBIs and a run scored to lead the way for Winona State.

Will Lundquist was handed the loss, giving up five runs on seven hits, a walk and two strikeouts.

As a whole, the Warriors gave up 15 runs, 11 earned on 15 hits with four walks and three strikeouts to go with four errors.

On Friday the Warriors took on Sioux Falls, splitting the doubleheader with a win in the first game by a score of 7-1 before dropping the second game 8-5.

In the opener there was no scoring until the fourth inning, with the Warriors scoring three runs. Travis Evanson scored on a Heid double to start things off before Nathan Krause and Hommes both hit RBI doubles to take a 3-0 lead.

In the fifth inning the Warriors added four more runs. Nehring scored on an Evanson single while Heid added three additional runs on his fifth home run of the season to make it 7-0.

The Cougars added one run at the top of the sixth but Chase Blazier closed out the game by striking out consecutive batters to ice the 7-1 win for the Warriors.

Blazier picked up the win, giving up one run on 13 hits, one walk, and three strikeouts in seven innings.

Heid went going 3-for-3 with a three-run homer, four RBI and a run scored.

The nightcap saw the Warriors took a 1-0 lead in the first inning after a Jordan Plamann home run, but the Cougars reclaimed the lead after scoring six runs in the top of the third and adding two more in the top of the fifth for a 8-1 lead.

Winona State added three runs in the bottom of the fifth after Jesus Cazares hit a homer over the center field wall. In the sixth, Kipp Youngquist added a home run of his own to make it 8-5 in favor of the Cougars.

Neither team scored throughout the next two innings, giving Sioux Falls the win.

Hayden Krimmer was credited with the loss for the Warriors, giving up six runs, four earned on four hits, three walks and two strikeouts.

Relief pitcher Josh Nielsen gave up no runs on three hits and three strikeouts.

Cazares went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs, and a run scored.

On Saturday the Warriors bounced back against Sioux Falls, winning the first game 4-0 before claiming the nightcap 11-0 after freshman pitcher Mitchell Stalsberg struck out 17 batters en route to Winona State’s first no-hitter in almost 10 years.

Stalsberg said, “Our pitching really came around. It gave us a chance to win.”

In the first game, the Warriors took a 1-0 lead after a Heid homer before adding three more runs in the bottom of the third when Nehring’s hit to left field cleared the fence to give the Warriors a 4-0 lead.

Pitcher Lucas Crimmins pitched a perfect five innings before the top of the sixth when a lay down bunt went between Crimmins, Evanson, and Geislinger. Crimmins gave up two more runs before a strikeout ended the inning.

In the seventh inning relief pitcher Mitch Voter came in, walking his first batter before striking out the next two giving Winona State a 4-0 win.

Voter picked up the save, giving up no hits, a walk and striking out two.

Nehring went 2-for-3 on the game with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored while Heid went 1-for-3 with a home run, an RBI and a run scored to pace the Warriors.

The second game featured a combined effort with Stalsberg’s no-hitter and two five-run innings to give the Warriors an 11-0 victory in seven innings.

In the third inning the Warriors had their first five-run frame. Geislinger scored on a Cazares RBI followed by Plamann scoring on a Heid fly ball before Voter capping it off with three runs on his first career homer.

Winona State strung together another five-run inning in the fifth. Heid scored off a Voter RBI single. Evanson then scored on a Hommes single before the next at-bat where Geislinger added a three-run homer to make it 10-0.

Evanson added another run at the bottom of the sixth on a Youngquist RBI to make it 11-0.

Stalsberg closed the no-hitter in the seventh inning with a ground out and back-to-back strikeouts to give Warriors the 11-0 victory.

Stalsberg pitched Winona State’s 22nd no-hitter in program history, giving up three walks and recording 17 strikeouts, while facing 24 batters.

Voter went 2-for-2 with a home run, four RBIs, two runs scored and drew a walk. Geislinger went 1-for-2 with three RBIs, two runs and drew two walks.

After giving up four hits, two walks and six strikeouts in six innings against Sioux Falls, Crimmins said, “We can play good games, and we can play good teams.”

Winona State (17-21, 15-11 NSIC) will take on nonconference Saint Mary’s on Thursday night at home.