Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MINOT, N.D. – The Minot State baseball team did something Saturday afternoon they haven't done since May of 2010, play a game on their home field of Corbett Field in Minot.

The homecoming was dampened however, as the Beavers (9-15 Overall, 3-7 NSIC) lost both games of a Northern Sun doubleheader to Concordia University, St. Paul (16-8 Overall, 8-6 NSIC), 5-2, 5-2.

"Anytime you get to play at home it is nice," said Minot State head coach Brock Weppler. "Obviously it would've been nice to get the wins today but it's definitely nice to be here again."

In the opening game of the four-game series, MISU jumped out a 2-0 lead as the Beavers cashed in on a CU error. A.J. Begay (Sr., 3B, Salt Lake City, Utah) grounded to shortstop, but the CU throw was off target allowing Begay to advance all the way to third while Conner Oliver (Jr., OF/P, Dayton, Nev.) and Nicholas Hammerl (Jr., Inf., West Peoria, Ill.) scored.

But the lead wouldn't last as Minot State starter Joshua Larsen (Jr., P., Surrey, British Columbia) gave up an unearned run in the fourth and then four earned runs in the fifth inning, ending his night. Larsen gave up eight hits in the loss and is now 0-4 on the year.

Minot State's offense was only able to generate four hits in game one.

"We just got to have better at bats," said Weppler. "We stranded a lot of runners and couldn't really get the offense going. If we're going to have outs, we need to have productive outs instead of infield fly balls. We need some timely hitting and right now we are lacking that.

"I thought Josh was good," Weppler said of Larsen. "He left in tough situation there and I know he wanted to do better. Bernie (Bernston) battled all day and grinded out six decent innings. When we get the lead, like we did today we need to keep the momentum and put up a zero the next inning."

In game two, Minot State struck first again as Andrew Roach (Jr., OF, Gilbert, Ariz.) and Hammerl attempted a double steal, causing CU starting pitcher Zach Rengel to balk, causing each of them an uncontested base.

In the sixth inning through the eighth inning is when the Golden Bears did their damage offensive, as they went on a 4-0 run while recording eight hits in that time period. The Beavers gave up two runs in the sixth and two runs in the eighth.

Minot State attempted a comeback in the bottom of the ninth and had a great start as Ricco Walker (Jr., OF, Oakland, Calif.) smashed a 3-2 pitch deep to left field for his first home run of his MISU career. Paul Vogelsang (R-Fr., C, Regina, Saskatchewan) then had a one-out single but it wasn't enough to come up with a  comeback win.

The Beavers have now lost four straight games and six of their last seven.

MISU will attempt to get back on track as they host Concordia University, St. Paul on Sunday April 13 at Corbett Field in another NSIC doubleheader. The games are slated to begin at 12/2 p.m.