April 28, 2001

Cardinal Baseball Rolls Past Hillsdale

HILLSDALE - The Saginaw Valley State University Cardinal baseball team was able to beat the Hillsdale University Chargers in both games of a double header today by the scores of 5-0 and 13-5.

In the first game Adam Piggot (Sarnia Ontario/Sarnia Collegiate) was able to hit his first of two home runs of the day.

The Cardinals were only able to produce four hits in the game compared to Hillsdale's seven.

Tim Goheen (Proton Station, Ontario) was able to pitch a complete game shutout for SVSU. The win pushes his record this season to 4-3. This victory also puts Goheen in a tie for first place for victories in SVSU baseball history.

In the second game the Chargers just couldn't stop the Cardinal bats. Leading the way was sophomore Sean Odamura (Miswsissauga, Ontario/Lorne Park) who went three for four at the plate and scored 2 runs along with 3 rbi's. Piggot was able to get his second home run of the day. Adam Ruffner (Gibraltar/Carlson) had a good game going two for three and manufacturing 3 rbi's.

Freshman Heath Craven (Heartland) was able to get the win in the second game propelling his record to 3-1 on the season.

Mike McGinnis (Monroe) releived Craven in the seventh inning and made short work of the Chargers. "McGinnis pitched very well for us today." stated assistant coach Shawn Racignol.

The two victories today carries SVSU's record to 27-9 overall and 17-5 in conference play.

The Cardinals will again be in Hillsdale tomorrow playing another double header against the Chargers. Game time is slated for noon.