4-13-02
Baseball
For Immediate Release

Cards Manage to Split With Oilers

University Center, Mich.-Despite scoring just one run all afternoon, the SVSU Cardinals were able to pull-off a split with Findlay on Saturday. Game one saw the Cards get shut-out 4-0 behind a five-hit performance by Oiler hurler Kirk Graven. The Cards were able to return the favor in game two shutting-down the Oiler bats and scoring in the bottom half of the seventh to claim victory, 1-0.
      The Oilers started things off in game one with an unearned run in the second inning and never looked back, tallying another run in the third and two more in the sixth. Starting Findlay pitcher Graven went the distance, striking-out three Cardinal batters.
      In the nightcap, Cardinal starter Heath Craven (Hartland) went 5.1 strong innings, scattering seven hits and striking-out four Oilers. Adam Ruffner (Gibraltar/Carlson HS) came-in to earn the win in relief and up his mark to 2-0 on the season. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the seventh when the Cards played "little ball" to push a run across. T.J. Lehnertz (Grand Rapids/Catholic Central) led off the inning by beating-out an infield single and Jay Scott (Burlington, Ont.) and Sean Odamura (Mississauga, Ont.) followed with back-to-back bunt singles down the third baseline to load the bases. Pinch-hitter Kurt Neveau (Bay City/Central) drove-in the game-winner with a walk to force in a run.
      The split puts the Cardinals' record at 17-6, (7-4 GLIAC). The teams will square-off again tomorrow with a double-header beginning at noon.

 

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