Recap
Cedarville, OH — The Saginaw Valley State University baseball program wrapped up their three-game series with Cedarville University Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader in freezing temperatures. The Cardinals (5-2) took home both games with final scores of 4-3 and 3-2.
Austin Schweiger stood out offensively going 3-for-7 over both games with two runs scored and an RBI. The Cardinals totaled eleven hits over the two seven-inning games and struck out 15 Yellow Jackets.
Tyler McLaren (W, 1-0) pitched a gem in game one going six innings allowing one unearned run on four hits while striking out nine. Nick Bastian (Sv, 1) gave up two runs in the seventh on three hits while punching out one and earning the save.
SVSU got on the board first with an RBI single by Schweiger to score Hayden Jatczak. Jatczak extended the lead to 3-0 in the top of the second with a two-run single up the middle that scored Connor Cornwell and Jaccar Watkins.
A fielding error in the bottom of the fourth scored the first Cedarville run to make it 3-1 SVSU. Reed Raymond got the run back in the top of the seventh as he tripled to right center scoring Schweiger. The Yellow Jackets brought it within one in their half of the seventh with two separate RBI singles, but Bastian got an infield popup and struck out the final batter to end the game.