The Basics
Game #1: Saginaw Valley 9, Grand Valley 1 (7 Innings)
Game #2: Grand Valley 4, Saginaw Valley 1 (9 Innings)
Records: SVSU (9-12, 1-3 GLIAC) | GVSU (12-8-1, 3-1 GLIAC)
SVSU Baseball Complex - University Center, Mich.
UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The SVSU baseball team hosted Grand Valley State University in the team's first home doubleheader of the 2016 season. After posting a 9-1 victory in the opener, the Cardinals dropped a 4-1 decision in the second game at the SVSU Baseball Complex.
Game One
After the Lakers got out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning, SVSU responded with four runs in the bottom half of the frame to grab a 4-1 edge. An Adam Turner RBI single scored Richard Guglielmi and that would be followed by an Adam Fitzgibbon RBI single that plated Carson Eby. A Chad Carson RBI single scored Turner and a Garrett Soule fielder's choice pushed Nate Blackwell across for the fourth run.
Saginaw Valley added another two runs in its half of the third inning, as an Eby RBI double scored Guglielmi and Turner put a ball in play that scored Eby after a Laker error. That made the score 6-1.
The bottom of the sixth inning featured another trio of runs from the Cards to push the lead out to 9-1. A Soule bunt single knocked-in Blackwell and Fitzgibbon scored right behind him on the throw to first. A balk would allow Carson to score later in the inning for the final run of the game.
Inside the Boxscore
- Carson and Fitzgibbon each had a pair of hits in the game with an RBI. They each scored once and Fitzgibbon walked as well.
- Soule had a hit and an RBI, as did Eby and Turner. Turner scored a run while Eby had two runs with a walk.
- Eby and Guglielmi each had a double for the Cardinals.
- Blackwell scored twice and had a walk to go along with his hit in the contest.
- Scott Sency (2-2) worked a complete game for the victory, striking-out eight batters while scattering six hits and allowing just a single run.
Game Two
Grand Valley posted a 1-0 lead in the second game as well, scoring a single run in the top half of the second inning. It would add another in the sixth and two more in the eighth to extend the lead out to 4-0.
The Cardinals cut the deficit to 4-1 in the bottom of the eighth, as Carson drove-in Greg Kazmierski for the home team's first run.
The score would stay there and the Lakers closed-out for the three-run victory.
Inside the Boxscore
- Kazmierski had two of SVSU's five hits with the lone run scored for the Cardinals.
- Jordan Swiss added two hits as well while Brendan Harrison had the other hit for SV.
- Bailey Magsig (1-2) took the loss on the mound after working 4.0 innings, allowing five hits and a single earned run. He walked one and had a strikeout.
Up Next
The Cardinals travel to Lake Erie this weekend for a pair of doubleheaders. Saturday's is slated for a 1:00 p.m. start and Sunday's two games will begin at noon in Painesville, Ohio.
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