May 1
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SVSU Slides Past Calvin College, 4-2

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – Saginaw Valley State posted a 4-2 rain-shortened victory over Calvin College, Thursday (May 1) on a soggy SVSU Baseball Field. The victory improved the Cardinals record to 27-13, 16-8 in the GLIAC, while Calvin fell to 6-22 (2-10 MIAA).
    Right-handed pitcher, Pat Woody (Bay City, Mich./All Saints HS) made his first start of the season for SVSU, picking up his first career victory. Woody went five innings, giving up eight hits, two runs, while striking out three.
    The Cardinals got on the scoreboard early in the first inning, as Dan Jones (Gladstone, Mich.) drove in Mike Crawford (Lake Orion, Mich.) from third. Crawford, who moved himself into scoring position by stealing second and third base, picked up his team-leading 14th stolen base of the season.
    Calvin tied the game in the top of the third, 1-1, on a one-out RBI double to right field by Arie Eppinga, scoring Terry O’Neal from second base.
    SVSU captured the lead again in the bottom half of the third innings, as Jones scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Adam Piggott (Sarnia, Ontario).
    T. J. Lehnertz (Grand Rapids, Mich./Catholic Central HS) doubled down the left field line, plating Justin Hanning (Lake Orion, Mich.) in the fourth inning. The next batter, Crawford brought home Sean Odamura (Mississauga, Ontario) from third base to give SVSU a 4-1 advantage.
    Calvin tacked on another run in the fifth inning, but the game was called due to the constant rain, resulting in a five-inning 4-2 victory for SVSU.
    The Cardinals will return to action this weekend (May 3-4), when they travel to Ashland. Game times are set for 1:00p.m. on Saturday and 12:00p.m. on Sunday.

Game Summary:       Box Score
CC      001 01- --- 2 8 5
SVSU 101 20- --- 4 8 0

WP- Pat Woody (1-0) - 5 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 3 K,
LP- Andy Bunting 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 K

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