March 24, 2002
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cardinals Sail Past Lakers 7-3

NORTH EAST, Pa. - The Saginaw Valley State baseball team picked up its first conference win of the season with a 7-3 win over Mercyhurst College on Sunday (March 24). Jay Scott (Berlington, Ontario, CA/Aldershot) led the Cardinals attack, going 2-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs. Senior Mike Condon (Utica) went 2-for-3 with one RBI, and scored a run.
   SVSU (9-2, 1-0) jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the second inning before the Lakers cut the lead to 4-2 after three innings of play. After a scoreless fourth inning, the Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to pushed their lead to 7-2. Mercyhurst added a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to round out the scoring.
   Junior pitcher Scott Corby (London, Ontario, CA/AB Lucas) picked up the win, allowing just five hits and three runs over six innings. Toby Larkin (Bridgeport) came on to pitch a scoreless seventh inning. Steve Strohm suffered the loss for
Mercyhurst (7-10, 0-1).
   The Cardinals travel to face Alma College on Tuesday (March 26) before hosting Ashland University on Friday (March 29) at 1:00 p.m.

 

Contact: Jason Yaman (989) 790-4053

 

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