April 17, 2004
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CRAWFORD STARS IN GAME ONE AS SVSU SPLITS AT FINDLAY

FINDLAY, Ohio – Senior Mike Crawford (Lake Orion, Mich.) hit home runs number five and his team-best sixth homer in game one on Saturday as SVSU earned a split at the University of Findlay in the first two games of a four-game set. Crawford registered a two-run first inning blast and then hit a three-run, game-tying homer in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game at 7-7. With the Cards trailing 7-4 going into the final inning of game one, they responded with five runs, including the game-winning RBI double off the bat of junior Chris Norton (Grand Rapids, Mich./Catholic Central) for a 9-7 win. Norton went 1-for-3 with two RBI's. Crawford went 2-for-4 with his two homers and a career-high five RBI's. Also contributing offensively were Ryo Tahara (Battle Creek, Mich./Lakeview) who went 3-for-5 in the leadoff spot and senior Adam Piggott (Sarnia, Ont.) who was 2-for-4. Sophomore Jim Kelly (Lake Orion, Mich.) improved to 2-0 throwing four relief innings. Kelly allowed two earned runs and walked and struck out one. Junior Jesse Thompson (Muskegon, Mich./Reeths-Puffer) started and threw three innings before being chased.
    The nightcap went the Oilers way to the tune of 5-0. Richard Lindquist once again received poor run-support and threw well. He struck out six and allowed four earned runs in six innings to fall to 3-3. Justin Hanning (Lake Orion, Mich.) went 3-for-3 in game two as SVSU registered six hits. Piggott was 1-for-3 with SVSU's only extra base hit which was a double.
    The two teams will conclude a four-game set tomorrow with a noon doubleheader.

Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4053

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