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Baseball
8
Winner Grand Valley St. GVSU 7-6, 4-0 GLIAC
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Purdue Northwest PNW 6-7, 0-4 GLIAC
Winner
Grand Valley St. GVSU
7-6, 4-0 GLIAC
8
Final
2
Purdue Northwest PNW
6-7, 0-4 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Grand Valley St. GVSU 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 8 15 3
Purdue Northwest PNW 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2

W: Thomas, Ben (2-1) L: A. Farbak (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

GVSU Claims 8-2 Win At Purdue Northwest, Sweeps 4-Game Series

Lakers are 4-0 in GLIAC action

Grand Valley State put the finishing touches on a GLIAC, 4-game series road sweep with an 8-2 victory over Purdue Northwest Sunday (Mar. 28). The Lakers are now 7-6 overall and 4-0 in league action. GVSU will host Lawrence Tech Tuesday (Mar. 30) and then hit the road for a GLIAC, 4-game series at Northwood Thursday (April 1) - Saturday (April 3).

Purdue Northwest scored single runs in the bottom of the first and third innings to take a 2-0 lead, however, the struck for two runs in the top of the fourth. 2B Cade Stanton opened the inning with a single, followed by an RBI double off the bat of 1B Ryan Blake-Jones. DH Joe Laudont single to right to score Blake-Jones and tie the score. GVSU took the lead for good (3-2) with a run in the top of the fourth. CF Carter Smith singled and advanced to second on a single from 3B Christian Faust. GVSU loaded the bases on a sac bunt and Blake-Jones drove in Smith with a fielder's choice. 

Grand Valley State added another run (4-2) in the top of the fifth when C Ryan Lorber doubled with one out. Lorber advanced to third on an infield single from RF Nate Logan and scored on a bunt from SS Parker Murdie. LF Anthony Cocco doubled with two outs in the seventh and scored on a Laudont single to right to give GVSU a 5-2 lead.  The Lakers added two more runs (7-2) in the eighth when C. Smith singled with two outs, advanced to second on a wild pitch, stole third and scored on an error by the catcher. Faust walked, stole second and scored on a single to right by Stanton. GVSU closed out the scoring in the top of the ninth when Cocco singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved to third on a fly out by PH John Catapano. Lorber grounded out to SS to score Cocco for the final margin of 8-2. 

LHP Nick Shaw, who started and tossed the first 2.1 innings, was relieved by Ben Thomas who picked up the win (2-1). Thomas struck out four and yielded one hit in 4.2 innings of work. Michael Barno did not give up a hit in the final two innings. Carter Smith was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and Cade Smith was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Blake-Jones drove in a pair on his double, Cocco was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and Laudont was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Murdie was 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Lorber doubled and drove in a run and Logan singled. GVSU scored eight runs on 15 hits and stole five bases. 
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