April 30
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SVSU Splits Doubleheader Against
Wayne State
UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich.
– The Saginaw Valley State Baseball team split a twinbill
with Wayne State on a rainy Wednesday afternoon (Apr. 30), at
the SVSU Baseball Field. The Cardinals stumbled 13-7 in the
opener, but countered with a 6-3 victory in game two. The
Cardinals are now 26-13 (16-8 GLIAC) for the season, while the
Warriors are 19-22 (10-12 GLIAC).
In game one, Wayne broke the game open
with 13 runs in the first four innings, keyed by a Tim Baywal
two-run double to right field in the opening inning. The Warriors
posted back-to-back four run innings in the third and fourth,
mounting a 13-4 cushion.
SVSU put together a pair of three-run
innings, narrowing the deficit. Dan Jones (Gladstone,
Mich.) doubled down the left field line, plating Sean
Odamura (Mississauga, Ontario) and Mike
Crawford (Lake Orion, Mich.) in the third, while
the fourth inning was highlighted with back-to-back RBI singles
from Adam Piggott (Sarnia, Ontario) and
Eric Caldwell (Cary Grove, Ill.). The
bats silenced as both teams remained scoreless through the last
two innings.
Steve Liebrecht (Saginaw,
Mich./Heritage HS) suffered the loss, falling to 2-3 on the
season. Liebrecht issued five earned runs on six hits, lasting
only three innings.
Piggott and Wessies each had two hits
for the Cardinals, while Jones went 1-for-1 with a pair of walks
and two runs batted in.
In game two, the Cardinals went ahead
1-0, as Odamura singled and scored in the bottom of the first.
WSU evened the score in the top of the third, but the Birds bounced
back with three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Crawford
hit his seventh home run of the season over the left-field fence,
while Piggott extended the lead to 4-1, with a two-run smash of
his own.
Wayne scored a run in both the fourth and fifth innings,
but SVSU matched the Warriors with insurance runs in the fifth
and sixth, resulting in a 6-3 victory.
Left-handed pitcher, Mark Debo
(Bay City, Mich./John Glenn HS) kept the Wayne
State batters guessing, as he continued to work both sides of
the plate with changes of speed. Debo pitched all seven innings,
allowing only three runs (two earned) on six hits, while striking
out five. Piggott led the Cardinal offense in game two, going
3-for-4 at the dish with a run scored and two RBI.
The Cardinals will host Calvin College in a
4:00 pm contest tomorrow (May 1), before traveling to Ashland
for a weekend series with the Eagles. Weekend game times are set
for 1:00p.m. on Saturday and 12:00p.m. on Sunday.
Game 1 Summary: Box
Score
WSU 234 400 0-- 13 10 2
SVSU 013 030 0-- 7 10 2
WP- Kirk Anderson , 6 IP,
9 H, 5 ER, 8 K, 4 BB
LP- Steve Liebrecht (2-3) 3 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 K, 3 BB
Game 2 Summary: Box
Score
WSU 001 110 0-- 3 6 1
SVSU 103 011 x-- 6 7 0
WP - Mark Debo (5-2) 7 IP, 6 H 2 ER 3 BB 5 K
LP – Miguel Lokuta 4.1 IP 5 H 4 ER 5 BB 2 K
Contact: Daniel Tata (989) 964-4933
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