April 18, 2004
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SVSU SCORES 24 RUNS IN A SWEEP OF FINDLAY

FINDLAY, Ohio – The Saginaw Valley State baseball team had one of its finest offensive showings of the season on Sunday in a sweep of Findlay. The team broke out the bats with 18 hits in a 16-5 game one win. Senior Mike Crawford (Lake Orion, Mich.) went 3-for-4 with four runs, a double and a homer. Senior Adam Piggott (Sarnia, Ont.) also homered and drove in two runs going 2-for-4. Junior Jon Straus (Beal City, Mich.) entered the game in the fifth inning and smacked a pinch-hit homer finishing with two RBI's. Freshman Chris Hanna (Caledonia, Mich.) hit his first home run and scored three times. Freshman Scott Schlaff (Warren, Mich./Mott) threw a complete-game improving to 5-1. He allowed three earned runs and struck out nine Oilers.
    The Cardinals won the second game by building a 6-0 lead after four innings and holding on for an 8-5 win. SVSU left 13 runners on base and collected 12 hits off Findlay. Piggott went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored. Junior Joe Funsch (Clio, Mich.) went 2-for-2 with a walk, double and RBI. Junior Justin Hanning (Lake Orion, Mich.) and sophomore Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford) each tallied two RBI's as Burghardt went 3-for-5. Steve Liebrecht (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage) improved to 4-2 with 4.1 solid innings. Liebrecht allowed two earned runs and walked four. Freshman Jeff Schulz (Detroit, Mich./Catholic Central) threw the final 2.2 innings and gave up three earned runs with two strikeouts.
    Saginaw Valley (23-18, 15-9 GLIAC) has won eight of their last 10 in the GLIAC and took three of four games from Findlay this weekend. SVSU will travel to Central Michigan on Tuesday, April 20 for a nine-inning affair at 3:00 pm.

Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4053

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