The Peacock baseball team welcomed the Golden Eagles of the University of Minnesota Crookston to Robertson Woods Field in Fayette on Saturday for the first two games of a four-game NSIC series. After running away with game one thanks to an eight-run sixth inning 15-8, the Peacocks dropped the second game 5-4 suffering through six errors in the contest.  After the split, UIU is now 8-10 on the year and 1-5 in the NSIC, while UMC is 7-14 overall and 1-5 in the conference.
 
Upper Iowa registered 19 runs on 24 hits in the two games.  The team set new season highs during the first game in runs scored (15) and driven in (15) and improved to 8-0 when scoring at least five runs this season.
 
Upper Iowa and Minnesota Crookston will be back on the diamond at Robertson Woods Field on Sunday afternoon.  The double header will be delayed one hour and start at 1 p.m. due to expected weather conditions during the morning hours in northeast Iowa.
 
G1: Upper Iowa 15 – Minnesota Crookston 8
 
The Peacocks jumped out to a 4-0 lead through the first three innings of game one thanks to two runs in the first and a run in both the second and third innings.  Eric Cottrell drove in two runs with a pair of sac flies, while Alex George doubled in a run in the first and Luis Ravelo hit an rbi-triple in the second. 
 
The Golden Eagles tied the game on a grand slam off the bat of David Anaya on a 1-2 count in the top of the fourth.  Upper Iowa answered with three runs in the bottom of the fifth after the Peacocks loaded the bases with no outs.  Adam Budron tripled to right centerfield to clear the bases and give the home team a 7-4 advantage.
 
Minnesota Crookston used a two-run homer to the scoreboard in right center by Kenny Perez to pull within one run, but Cody Heiman came in the game and got UIU through the three outs of the sixth fueled by a diving catch in center by Jacob Greco and a strikeout to end the inning.
 
Upper Iowa entered the bottom of the sixth inning with a one-run lead, but the home team took advantage of two Golden Eagle errors, three walks and three hit batsmen.  The Peacocks scored eight runs in the inning after sending a baker's dozen to the plate. The home team only recorded three hits in the frame, but all drove runners to the plate.  Greco opened the scoring in the sixth with an rbi-double and closed the barrage with a bases-clearing double that scored three.  Jacob Stenberg matched Greco's four runs batted in during the inning with a grand slam over the wall in left field between Greco's doubles.
 
Colt Haight homered to left field in the top of the seventh for Minnesota Crookston to put the final margin to seven runs, 15-8.  UIU set new season highs in runs and runs batted in thanks to the result.
 
Blake Seehusen (1-0) earned the win with 1 inning of work.  He allowed two runs on two hits after taking over for starter Tyus Adkins.  Adkins threw the first four innings; he cruised through the first three innings, but gave up the grand slam to Perez in the fourth.  Heiman earned the save for UIU after entering with a one-run lead in the sixth and closing out the game.  Lucas Thoma suffered the loss for UMC allowing six runs on 10 hits in his 4 innings of work on the hill.
 
G2: Upper Iowa 2 – Minnesota Crookston 2
 
Luis Ravelo opened the second game with a single, his fourth hit on the day, on the first pitch he saw and then came home when Mitch Moser clobbered the third pitch of the game over the wall in left field to give the home team a 2-0 lead. 
 
The Golden Eagles scored an unearned run in the third inning and tied the game in the top of the fourth when Perez hit his second no-doubter of the day over the outfield fence to lead off the frame.
 
Moser hit his second homer to left in the fifth inning with one out to put Upper Iowa back on top, 3-2.  The home team added another run on a pair of high fly balls off the bats of Greco and George that the Golden Eagles couldn't track down to move out to a 4-2 advantage.
 
UMC tied the game in the top of the seventh with a pair of runs on just one hit and a Peacock error while handling a sac bunt.
 
With the game still tied, 4-4, the Golden Eagles got a leadoff double in the top of the ninth by Dalton Parks.  Parks moved to third on a sac bunt and UMC added another runner when catcher's interference was called.  Upper Iowa appeared as though they might escape any damage when a ground ball towards second base looked to be a perfect double play ball.  Unfortunately, the Peacocks sixth error of the game allowed Parks to score and give the visitors a 5-4 lead.
 
Pamperin (1-1) kept UIU off the bases during the eighth and ninth innings registering five strikeouts to the six batters he faced to earn the win.  Matt Banks allowed the run in the ninth; he threw 2.2 innings allowing just one hit while striking out two batters.  Zach Carstens took a no-decision after 6.1 innings; he gave up four runs, two were earned, on five hits while striking out six batters.