March 31, 2005
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REID THROWS COMPLETE GAME IN 15-4 WIN OVER EASTERN MICHIGAN

YPSILANTI, Mich. - Senior Ryan Reid (Sarnia, Ont./East Lambton) was a workhorse on the mound on Thursday as he picked up the biggest win of his career and improved to 1-0 with a 15-4 drubbing of the Division I Eagles of Eastern Michigan. Reid threw nine innings and allowed 13 hits, but scattered single runs in the third, fourth, seventh and ninth innings. He gave up three earned runs, walked three and struck out nine.
     The Cardinals captured their sixth straight win by again jumping out early and often in the first three innings building a 6-1 lead. Junior Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford) found his power from the eighth spot as he delivered a three-run homer in the third, his first of the year. SVSU also scored three runs in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings to cruise to the win. Junior Justin Doughty (Oscoda, Mich.) homered for the second time this season, a three-run blast, in the sixth inning and junior Dale Marsden (Sarnia, Ont./Northern Collegiate) capped off a big game with his sixth homer, a three-run roundtripper to right center, in the seventh.
      Marsden was 2-for-5 with a season-high five RBI. Freshman Brandon Fanion (Marysville, Mich.) went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. Burghardt collected four RBI and scored twice and catcher Ken Hoffman (Midland, Mich.) walked four times and scored three runs. SVSU collected 14 hits off of five Eastern pitchers and EMU issued 10 walks.
     SVSU (10-2) faces Hillsdale College in a doubleheader on Saturday in their home opener scheduled for a 1:00 pm first pitch.

Game Stats

Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4053

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