February 27, 2005
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CARDS OPEN SEASON WITH SPLIT ON DAY ONE IN FORT MYERS

FT. MYERS, Fla. - The Saginaw Valley State baseball squad worked deep into the night on Saturday in their first action of the 2005 season and the end result was a split of a pair of games from Terry Park. In the first game, SVSU claimed a 6-5 win over St. Vincent (Pa.). After a hour and a half delay, the Cards sent freshman Scott Roy (Mt. Morris, Mich./E.A. Johnson) to the mound. He got a no-decision and threw four innings with five strikeouts in his collegiate debut. The win went to sophomore Scott Schlaff (Warren, Mich./Mott) who allowed a double in the seventh inning, but came back to record the final outs in the top half of the inning. Senior Mike Crawford (Lake Orion, Mich.) collected a triple and single in the game with the triple setting up the game-winning run. He would score on a passed ball for the final tally in the bottom of the seventh.
     In the nightcap, SVSU dropped a 15-7 decision to Concordia-St. Paul. Junior Elijah Martin (Imlay City, Mich.) took the loss after throwing two scoreless innings to begin the game. Junior Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford) collected two hits and freshman Brandon Fanion (Marysville, Mich.) hit the first pitch of his collegiate career for a three-run homer. Senior Dan Jones (Gladstone, Mich.) smacked two doubles and Crawford also belted two singles.

Contact: Ryan Thompson - (989) 964-4053

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