Mankato, Minn. -- Minnesota State (24-10, 14-5 NSIC) fell to Augustana (29-14, 18-5 NSIC) by a final of 5-4.

The Mavericks' offense was held docile until a fourth-inning rally after finding themselves down 2-0. Sophomore Aidan Byrne and junior Nick Baker both took pitches to the arm to lead off the bottom of the fourth for the Mavericks.

Junior Adam Schneider punched a single into right field scoring Byrne and moving Baker to second who would then advance to third on a wild pitch.

Freshman Louis Magers knocked in both off an RBI single to left center field for his 19th and 20th RBIs of the season. Magers now finds himself fourth on the team in RBIs behind juniors Jackson Hauge, Mikey Gottschalk, and sophomore Aidan Byrne.

The Viking knocked in three in their half of the eighth to steal the game from the Mavericks.

Gabe Pilla (2-1) gets the win for the Vikings going one and one-third of an inning surrendering no runs on one hit.

Adam Diedrich notched his eighth save on the season.

Senior Jack Brown took the loss for the Mavericks going one-third of an inning allowing three runs on three hits.

The Mavericks are back in action Wednesday as they travel south to take on SMSU at Legion Field. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.