auburndale, fla. - for the second consecutive game, concordia university surrendered 13 runs to their opposition, this time a 13-2 loss to saginaw valley state (3-5) at lake myrtle field #4 on tuesday afternoon. Concordia falls to 6-8 on the season with the loss heading into their day off on their 2010 spring trip to the orlando-area. Cu is now 3-2 on their spring trip. Senior brenden furrow (johnston, iowa) had his eighth multi-hit game of the young season, going 3-3 with a walk and a double to lift his average to .479. box score
saginaw valley jumped out early on concordia, scoring three runs each in the first two innings before a four run third to take a 10-0 lead after three.
they scored one more in each of the next three innings before sophomore left handed reliever ty hall (spring lake park, minn.) pitched three scoreless innings to end a game the golden bears will look to forget quickly.
hall was solid in his second appearance of the year, working four full innings, allowing a run on four hits while striking out three and walking one.
the loss was charged to junior ryan rodeck (rhp, lino lakes, minn.) who pitched 2.0 innings and to the first two batters in the third, allowing seven earned runs. Rodeck was solid in relief earlier on the spring trip, and has shown excellent stuff in his two relief appearances. His two starts, however, is where he has picked up his 0-2 record.
aside from furrow, fellow johnston high school graduate troy dubay (so., urbandale, iowa) was 2-3 with an rbi and his third double of the year. Dubay's bat has emerged in florida, going 6-15 (.400) on the spring trip with all three of his doubles coming in the warm weather.
concordia junior blake devries (eden prairie, minn.) extended his hitting streak to four games with a 1-4 effort, hitting .333 during the short streak. Concordia's only other hit was by freshman utility infielder mick sawinski (st. Louis park, minn.), his first collegiate base hit.
jon tibaudo picked up the win for svsu, working seven innings allowing an unearned run with five strikeouts.
offensively, svsu was led by kyle o'boyle who drilled his third home run of the season, going 2-4 with three rbi. Eight players had multi-hit games for svsu, who had 20 hits as a team.
saginaw valley competes in the great lakes conference (gliac) and as a team in michigan, counts as an in-region opponent for each squad.
the golden bears continue their challenging spring trip schedule on thursday morning when they face #25 nebraska-omaha at 9:00 a.m. (ct). The cu-uno game will be a nine inning affair and will be broadcast live on the internet.
