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5
Saint Anselm STA 4-6
8
Winner Saginaw Valley SVU 7-4
Saint Anselm STA
4-6
5
Final
8
Saginaw Valley SVU
7-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Anselm STA 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
Saginaw Valley SVU 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 X 8 11 4

W: J. Fantauzzo (1-0) L: French, Taylor (1-1) S: N. Hamilton (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Saginaw Valley converts on late opportunities to win over baseball, 8-5

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Saint Anselm College baseball team suffered its sixth-straight setback on Thursday, falling to Saginaw Valley, 8-5, at Lake Myrtle Park.

Box Score

The Hawks fall to 4-6 on the year while the Cardinals improve to 7-4 in the 2020 campaign. The Hawks take on Northern State on Friday, Mar. 6 for a 1:30 p.m. matchup at Lake Myrtle Park in Auburndale, Fla. The contest will be held on Field 8.

After the Hawks rallied in the fifth inning to take a 5-2 lead, the Cardinals took control late in the game, scoring four runs in the seventh inning. The margin was too much for the Hawks to overcome.

Saginaw Valley struck first with a RBI single by Brandon Scheurer in the bottom of the second, scoring Todd Paperd from third to give the Cardinals an early one-run lead.

In the next half inning with one out, Martin Morley hit a hard line drive to the right side for sophomore Matt Collins (Beverly, Mass.) to scoop up and throw the runner out at first. On the play, Collin Winters scored which gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.

Collins tied the game at two with a home run to deep left field to start off a five-run top of the fifth for the Hawks. Later in the inning, sophomore Enzo Merlonghi (Monroe, Conn.) brought in two runs after an error by the shortstop. A few plays later, sophomore Mike Pierro (North Andover, Mass.) converted on the shortstop's mistake and reached first on another error, scoring one. That run gave the Hawks a 5-2 lead heading into the bottom half of the fifth.

Joshua Riggs of the Cardinals found the right pitch and sent a two-run home run over the left field wall to cut the Cardinals deficit to one-run, 5-4.

The Cardinals generated a big inning in the bottom of the seven, putting up four more runs to come back and take a three-run advantage. Saginaw Valley scored its runs off two singles and one double. That push flattened the Hawks momentum to close out the game, giving Saginaw Valley the win.

Head Coach Jared Edmondson threw a total of six pitchers with sophomore Taylor French (Goffstown, N.H.) receiving the loss. Cardinals John Fantauzzo earned his first win of the season, fanning four batters after the fifth inning. Nolan Hamilton claimed the save for Saginaw Valley as he earned five strikeouts.

Four Hawks student-athletes had one hit each in the loss while Paperd went 4-for-5 in the contest.

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