March 8
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cardinals Sweep Doubleheader From Edinboro

BRADENTON, Fla. – Stellar performances from the starting pitching staff led Saginaw Valley State to a doubleheader sweep of Edinboro University, Saturday, (Mar. 8) at Academy Park in Bradenton, Fla. The Cardinals shutout the Fighting Scots, 8-0 in game one, while winning 10-7 in the day’s finale.
    Senior Scott Corby (London, Ontario) silenced the Fighting Scots, throwing his third career complete-game shutout. Corby surrendered two hits, one in both the first and sixth innings and at one point sent down 16 hitters in a row. Corby finished with four strike outs and two walks in his second win of the season.
    A six-run fifth inning sparked SVSU, as the Cardinals collected three hits and five walks off Edinboro starter Adam Bell. Mike Crawford (Lake Orion, Mich.) highlighted the inning with a single that scored two runs. Crawford finished 2-for-3 with three RBI. Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford HS) and Jeff O’Loughlin (Bay City, Mich./Western HS) each singled and walked for the birds.
    In game two, senior Mark Debo (Bay City, Mich./John Glenn HS) moved to 2-0 on the season, tossing 6.1 innings in the victory. Debo, gave up two runs on ten hits and no walks. Debo fanned three, all of which came in the second inning. SVSU opened the scoring in the first inning as the Cardinals’ first two hitters Sean Odamura (Mississauga, Ontario/Lorne Park HS) and Burghardt led off the game with walks. Odamura came around to score on an Edinboro fielding error, giving SVSU a 1-0 lead.
    The Redbirds put up three more runs in each of the third and fourth frames to break open the game. In the third, Crawford smacked an RBI triple, while Kurt Neveau (Bay City, Mich./Central HS) picked up an RBI double. Neveau finished with two hits and a pair of RBI in the game. Justin Hanning’s (Lake Orion, Mich.) single in the fourth scored two more runs as the Cardinals would go on to mount a 10-2 lead. Things got sticky in the seventh, but closer Joe Kramer (Linden, Mich.) came to earn his second save of the season.
    The win, SVSU’s third in a row, was head coach Walt Head’s 585. Head now needs 15 more to reach the 600-win plateau.
    The Cardinals will conclude their Florida stint with a 10:00am contest against Slippery Rock, Saturday (Mar. 8) at the Lakewood Ranch in Bradenton. Fla.

Game 1 Summary:
Edinboro 000 000 0-- 0 2 0
SVSU     020 060 --- 8 6 1

WP-Scott Corby (2-0), 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K, 2 BB
LP-Adam Bell

Game 2 Summary:
SVSU     103 310 1-- 1 11 1
Edinboro 011 000 5-- 0 11 1

WP-Mark Debo, 7 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 3 K, 0 BB
LP-Scott Spangler
Save Joe Kramer (2)


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