April 3, 2005
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SVSU SPLITS WITH HILLSDALE

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - Saginaw Valley State won three out of four games against Hillsdale College this weekend and split a pair of games on Sunday. Hillsdale scored five times in the top of the seventh in game one to break a 3-3 tie and win 8-3. SVSU scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to tie the game setting up the final inning. Senior Dan Jones (Gladstone, Mich.) belted his second home run of the season leading off the fifth and cutting the lead to 3-2. The Cards would add one unearned run in the sixth as a dropped popup allowed pinch runner Chris Hanna (Caledonia, Mich.) to score from second base with two outs. Starting pitcher Steve Liebrecht (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage) was saddled with the loss (1-1) going 6.1 innings and allowing four earned runs with eight strikeouts. Jones and senior Chris Norton (Grand Rapids, Mich./Catholic Central) both collected an RBI and five different Cards had one hit.
      SVSU scored in each of the first four innings and built a 10-6 lead after four innings in winning 11-7. Sophomore Scott Schlaff (Warren, Mich./Mott) threw a complete game and earned the win (2-1). He allowed four earned runs and struck out four. Junior Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford) reached base five times in game two, including three walks, a double and a single. He collected two RBI and scored twice from the leadoff spot. Senior Justin Hanning (Lake Orion, Mich.) also had two RBI and a walk. Hanna was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBI, including a three-run double in the third.

Game 1, Game 2

Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4053

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