April 25, 2004
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CARDS DROP A PAIR VERSUS ASHLAND

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Cardinals ran into a tough Ashland squad on Sunday who belted the ball in a pair of wins over SVSU. Saginaw Valley State dropped an 8-4 game one decision after trailing 3-0 in the first inning. The Cardinals battled to within 4-3 after three innings before AU tacked on three more runs in the sixth inning. The Cardinals left 10 men on base in game one. Justin Hanning (Lake Orion, Mich.) led SVSU with a 3-for-3 game at the plate with two doubles and a run scored. Joe Funsch (Clio, Mich.) also doubled and tallied an RBI in three at-bats with a walk. Starter Jesse Thompson (Muskegon, Mich./Reeths-Puffer) gave up 10 hits and walked four in 5.2 innings falling to 2-6. Senior Pat Woody (Bay City, Mich./All Saints) threw 1.1 innings and allowed one hit with a strikeout.
    The Eagles also won game two by the score of 11-5. The Cardinals biggest inning was a three-run seventh. Scott Schlaff (Warren, Mich./Mott) gave up 12 hits and struck out five in six innings. Chris Hanna (Caledonia, Mich.) went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Senior Adam Piggott (Sarnia, Ont.) belted a homer his fourth of the year and collected two RBI's and three hits including his 14th double. The second game also featured three Ashland homers off of Cardinal pitching.
    Saginaw Valley State (25-23, 17-13 GLIAC) will conclude GLIAC regular season play on Wednesday, April 28 as they host Wayne State in a 1:00 pm doubleheader.

Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4053

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