St. Peter, MN - The Crown College Baseball team faced off with the Gustavus Adolphus Gusties on Thursday but were unable to get the victory after falling 18-12.

Crown scored five runs in the first two innings to take a 5-3 lead going into the bottom of the second inning. A home run from Cael Magill and a double from Rhys Dewick led the way in the first 2 innings. Gustavus answered right back in the bottom of the second inning scoring 7 runs of their own. Two runs from the Polars in the top of the 3rd inning cut the Gusties lead to 10-7 after a few walks and a Jack Becker single. Crown once again took the lead in the top of the fifth inning going up 12-10 after hits from Cody Csulak, Tristen Ciarlo, Cael Magill, Howie Hatton, and Terren Sugita. The Polars gave up eight more runs and Crown fell by a score of 18-12.

Cael Magill totaled 3 hits for Crown and 4 RBI's after hitting a double and a home run to lead the Crown offense. Rhys Dewick went 2-4 with two doubles as well. Seven pitchers took the mound for the Polars as Noah Neal, Caleb Keen, Liam Jones, Blake Cramer, Payton Clevenger, Jacob Crowley, and Ryan Vondracek.

The Polars fall to 7-8 on the season and will head to the University of Northwestern Eagles for a three game series starting with a single nine inning game on Friday, April 7th at 3pm.