However, after getting a strong complete-game outing out of right-hander Aidan Berg in Saturday’s opener for a 5-0 win, the Knights closed the doubleheader with a 12-7 loss in the finale.

The Knights fell 22-6 against Northland in the series opener Friday, but they rallied and gave their parents a win to celebrate on Parent’s Day Saturday.

GAME 1

Berg got the shutout in Game 1, pitching all nine innings and allowing seven hits and two walks while striking out nine.

Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Martin Luther College’s Alex Ritter singles during a doubleheader against Northland on Saturday afternoon at MLC Baseball Field in New Ulm.

After two scoreless innings, the Knights got on the board courtesy of a sac fly to left from Parker Winghart that scored Ethan Melso, who reached on an error.

The Knights made it 3-0 in the fourth after RBI singles from Jackson Anderson and Mark Vogel.

Winghart, who singled to lead off the bottom of the fifth, later scored on a wild pitch. Carlos Walta singled after Winghart and the Knights soon after loaded the bases on walks to seniors Alex Ritter and Sam Rodriguez. After two quick outs, Melso stayed patient at the plate and drew a bases-loaded walk to bring in another MLC run and make it 5-0.

Winghart led the way for MLC at the plate, going 1 for 2 with an RBI and a walk.

GAME 2

Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Martin Luther College senior Caleb Carlovsky pitches in relief during the second game of a UMAC baseball doubleheader against Northland on Saturday afternoon at MLC Baseball Field in New Ulm.

In the second game of the day, MLC kept things in check through the first five innings, but three Northland runs in the sixth and four in the eighth quickly helped put things out of reach for the Knights.

Rodriguez took the loss for the Knights on the mound in six innings of work, allowing 10 hits and two walks for seven runs, six earned. He struck out one.

Caleb Carlovsky pitched a hitless inning in relief in the seventh before exiting in the eighth after allowing his second and third walks of the day. Carter Seltz took over for Carlovsky and allowed two hits and a walk for two earned runs in two innings while striking out two. Carlovsky finished with two earned runs allowed in Northland’s four-run eighth.

After a scoreless first, Northland got to Rodriguez for four runs in the second, led by a two-run homer to left from Caden Willis. Jackson Anderson got the two-run homer to left back for the Knights in the bottom of the second to have his team down 4-2.

Winghart reached on an error in the bottom of the fourth to score a run, but an RBI single from Nathan Davison in the fifth got the run back for Northland as it took a 5-3 lead into the sixth, which saw three more Northland runs score for an 8-3 lead.

In the eighth, Northland went ahead 12-3, led by an RBI double from Davison.

Ritter singled with two outs in the ninth to score John Westendorf, who walked to lead off, making it 12-4. Winghart, who singled after Westendorf’s walk, came home along with Ritter and Seltz on Seltz’s three-run homer to right to complete the scoring.

Seltz led MLC at the plate in Game 2, going 2 for 4 with a homer, a double and three RBIs, while Walta was 2 for 4. Ritter was 2 for 5 with an RBI, while Anderson drew two walks in addition to his homer and finished 1 for 2 at the plate.

MLC (8-26, 2-19) host Carleton in a nonconference doubleheader on Wednesday to finish the season, with the first game scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.