Cardinals Sweep Knights

May 6, 2001

ERIE, PA - The Saginaw Valley State University men's baseball team defeated the Knights of Gannon University in both games of a double header on Sunday.

SVSU took the first game by the score of 16-10.

Junior right hand pitcher Toby Larkin (Bridgeport) received the win for the Cardinals pushing his record to 5-0 on the season.

The big story was the tremendous offensive effort by junior center fielder Jay Scott (Berlington Ontario/Aldershot). Scott was able to go three for four at the plate with one of his hits being a grand slam that in the fifth inning put the Cardinals up for good.

The Cardinals took the second game by the score of 15-2.

In the fourth with the game tied 1-1 Ryan Wilkinson (Dearborn) was able to score on a hit from Mike Condon (Utica). Adam Ruffner (Gibraltar/Carlson) then came to the plate and homered to left field scoring Condon for what was to be the game winning runs.

Sean Odemura (Mississauga, Ontario/Lorne Park) and Ruffner were each able to collect 4 rbi's in the game.

Getting the win for the Cardinals was pitcher Andy Scott (Bay City/Western) who pushes his record to 2-3. Scott pitched six innings and only gave up five hits and struck out nine Gannon batters.

SVSU improves their record to 35-10 overall and 22-5 in the GLIAC.

The Cardinals next game will be Wednesday, May 9th when they will again play a double header at Northwood. Game time will be at 1p.m.