May 13, 2005
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SVSU Knocked Out of GLIAC Tournament

DETROIT, Mich.– The Saginaw Valley State baseball team was eliminated from the GLIAC Tournament on Friday, May 13 when they dropped their game against Wayne State Warriors by a score of 7-3. Saginaw Valley scored one run in the bottom of the second inning and didn't score again until the bottom of eighth when they recorded two more runs. By that time Wayne State already had done enough damage by tallying seven runs, enough to give them a 7-3 victory.
    The Cards scord their first run in the second inning when Justin Doughty (Oscoda, Mich) hit a two-out single that scored Dale Marsden (Sarnia, Ont./Northern Collegiate), who reached base on a single to leftfield earlier in the inning. Then in the top of the third inning the Warriors got to SVSU starter Scott Roy (Mt. Morris, Mich./E.A. Johnson HS) when they tallied five hits and got three runs, giving them a 3-1 lead in the third inning. The Warriors weren't done there though, as they tallied another run in the top of the fourth, and three more in the top of the seventh inning, giving them a 7-1 lead. The Cards battled back in the bottom of the eighth inning as Jason Burghardt (Temperance, Mich./Bedford HS) and Mike Crawford (Lake Orion, Mich.) both beleted back-to-back doubles, with Burghardt scoring courtesy of Crawford. Freshman Brandon Fanion (Marysville, Mich.) then hit a single that brought Crawford around, closing the Warriors lead to four runs, 7-3. That was as close as the Cards could get though, as neither team was able to score in the final inning of play, giving the Warriros the 7-3 decision.
    The Cards were lead by Burghardt, who had two hits and a run scored. Fanion, Crawford and Justin Doughty (Oscoda, Mich) all recorded a hit and an RBI to help the cause. Roy suffered the loss on the mound, going seven innings and surrendering seven earned runs on eleven hits, while striking out four.
    

 

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