April 17
Baseball
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Cardinals Salvage Split With Northwood

University Center, Mich.- SVSU baseball managed to revenge a loss in game one to rout Northwood in the nightcap and split a doubleheader on Wednesday. Game one's final had the Timberwolves winning 9-5 behind a four-run first inning. In game two, the Cards rumbled back to score 17 runs while blasting five homeruns to win 17-5.
     Coming into today's action, Northwood was 6-24 on the season, having dropped five in a row and 20 of their last 22 contests. The Timberwolves got things going quickly in game one with Brett Kidd's three-run homer capping-off a four-run inning in the first stanza. The Wolves would tally two more runs in the second and fourth innings and add another in the sixth for a 9-5 finish. Cardinal catcher Kurt Neveau (Bay City/Western) hit two opposite-field homeruns in the first game to bring his season total to four.
     In the second game, the Cardinals scored in each of the first five innings, including eight in the fifth inning alone. That fifth inning featured three Cardinal homers: a two-run poke by Adam Piggott (Sarnia, Ont.) , and back-to-back shots by Ryan Wilkinson (Dearborn) and Chris Ebright (Ithaca). 23 different Cardinals saw action in the field in game two as both teams cleared their benches following the big inning.
     The Cardinals are now 10-5 in conference play (20-7 overall) as the prepare for tomorrow's showdown against Division-I opponent Detroit-Mercy. Game time is slated for 2 p.m.

Contact: Mitchell Wigness (989)497-4933

 

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