April 20, 2004
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                              Cardinals Falter Against Chips  

Mt. Pleasant, Mich. – Saginaw Valley traveled to Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday, (Apr. 20) to take on the Chippewas of Central Michigan, losing 8-6 in a nine inning contest. Saginaw Valley took a 5-2 lead into the seventh inning, before surrendering six runs in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings to give the Chippewas the victory.
       Saginaw got things going right away, as they scored two runs in the first inning. Mike Crawford (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Jon Straus (Beal City, Mich.) were the Cards who drove in runs in the first inning, as Crawford drove in Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford) and Straus drove in Crawford. SVSU was quite in the second inning, before scoring three more runs in the third inning. Adam Piggott (Sarnia, Ont./Sarnia Collegiate) scored on a Chris Norton (Grand Rapids, Mich./Catholic Central HS) single, before Straus would do more damage, scoring along with Norton courtesy of a Justin Hanning (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion HS) single.
      That would be about all the scoring the Cards could do off of CMU’s pitchers, as they would only score one more run, that coming in the eighth inning. Taking the loss on the mound for SVSU was freshman Cory McDonald (Hillman, Mich./Hillman HS) who allowed two runs in one-third inning of relief. Leading the Cards offense was Hanning with two hits and two RBI, along with Norton, Straus and Burkhardt, who all collected two hits and an RBI.
       With the loss SVSU drops to 23-19 overall on the year. Saginaw Valley State returns to action on Wednesday, (Apr. 21) as they travel to Midland, Mich. To take on the Northwood Timberwolves. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30pm.

Contact: Nathan Roskey (989) 964-4053
                                                               

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