Baseball
Extends Win Streak to Six with 7-3 Triumph
March
7, 2008
BOX SCORE
MESA,
Ariz.
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The MU baseball team ran its win streak to six games with a 7-3 victory over
Mayville State University in Mesa, Arizona, Friday afternoon.
The
Crusaders jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when Pat
Kenny doubled and scored on a fielding error off the bat of Mike Cauzillo.
MU added
two more runs in the third when Kenny drew a bases loaded walk and Dave
Herrick scored on a passed ball.
The MU bats
added to the cause in the fifth when Kevin Zerbo singled home Levi
Cheshire, extending his career best hit streak to 10 games. Zerbo
would later score on a throwing error by Mayville State catcher Mike McNally to
push the lead to 5-0.
That would
prove to be enough for starting pitcher Jeff Sonnenberg
(1-1) who scattered three hits while striking out nine with just two runs
allowed to pick up his first win as a Crusader.
MU added a
run apiece in the sixth and eighth innings to counter the three runs scored by
MSU in their half of the seventh for the 7-3 win.
John
McCracken came on to work the final three innings to pick up his third save.
He struck out two and allowed three hits in the process.
The Crusaders are
back in action Saturday, when they face Bemidji State University in a 5:00 pm (ET)
start.
Contact:
Matt Fancett, Asst. AD - Media Relations
(734) 432-5610
