April 24, 2004
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CARDS SPLIT WITH LEAGUE-LEADING ASHLAND

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The pitching of sophomore Steve Liebrecht (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage) carried Saginaw Valley State to a 3-1 win in game one on Saturday. Liebrecht threw a complete-game and allowed four hits and no earned runs in earning his fifth victory. Liebrecht also struck out four Eagles in the win. Sophomore Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford) went 2-for-3 with an RBI from the second spot. Senior catcher Kurt Neveau (Bay City, Mich./Central) went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the ninth spot. Overall, SVSU collected eight hits with Jon Straus (Beal City, Mich.) hitting his sixth double of the year. The Cards broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the home half of the sixth inning. Straus' double opened the inning and was followed by two outs. Neveau then followed after a Joe Funsch (Clio, Mich.) bunt was poorly fielded by pitcher Cody Castle and lined a single for the game-winning RBI.
    The Cardinal bats were silenced by starter Josh Davidson and Jim Berry in game two. The two Eagles combined on a two-hit shutout in an 8-0 AU win. Senior Adam Piggott (Sarnia, Ont.) and junior Ryo Tahara (Battle Creek, Mich./Lakeview) had the hits for SVSU. Richard Lindquist (Tecumseh, Ont.) threw three innings and allowed six earned runs in falling to 3-4 on the hill.

Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4053

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