March 5
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cardinals Roll Past IUP

BRADENTON, Fla. – Senior Kyle Weessies (Climax, Mich./Scott HS) cracked three singles lifting Saginaw Valley State University to a 15-8 victory over IUP, Wednesday afternoon (Mar. 5) at Academy Park in Bradenton, Fla. The Cardinals’ recorded ten hits and drew a season-high eleven walks en route to their sixth straight victory of the season. The Redbirds downed IUP for the third time this week, improving their overall record to 6-0, while the Indians evened their record at 3-3.
     IUP opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first inning, but two singles, four walks, and a hit batter, helped the Cardinals take a 4-1 lead in the bottom-half of the inning. Eric Caldwell’s (Cary Grove, Ill.) double in the bottom of the second inning sparked a three-run rally for the Cards, who went on to claim a 7-1 lead. SVSU pushed across four more runs in both the fifth and eighth innings to preserve the victory.
     Senior Joe Kramer (Linden, Mich.) pitched 6.2 strong innings in relief to earn his first victory of the year. Kramer allowed two runs on three hits, while fanning four.
     Freshman Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford HS) went 2-for-4 with a walk and three RBI, while sophomore Justin Hanning (Lake Orion, Mich.) added a hit and three RBI. Junior Kurt Neveau (Bay City, Mich./All Saints HS) picked up a single and two walks in the victory.
     The Cardinals return to action Thursday (Mar. 6) when they take on Assumption College at 10:00a.m.


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