LIBERTY, Mo. – The William Jewell baseball team lost to the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals on Saturday afternoon. Saginaw scored runs in eight of their nine innings at the plate to keep a healthy lead over Jewell all afternoon. Jewell drops to 13-14 after the loss with a 5-7 GLVC record.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• An early sac-fly put Saginaw up 1-0, but Jewell responded right back in the bottom of the first inning with a two-run double that dribbled down the left field line to score Evan Jilbert and Cale Blasi.
• A six-run top of the second broke it open for the visiting Cardinals but again Jewell answered with a two-run bottom of the inning, this time it back back-to-back home runs from Luke Bies and Blasi to set the score 8-4 after two frames.
• Through the middle innings Saginaw put five runs on the board while Jewell plated a pair in the fourth, including a leadoff pinch-hit homer from Ben Click made it 11-6.
• Jewell had a four-run rally in the bottom of the eighth assisted with a pair of errors from the Saginaw second baseman but fell short as Saginaw added three more in the ninth for the 17-11 final.

KEY STATS

• Starting pitcher Chandler Ashby went only two inning receiving the loss. Jacob Sullivan was the pitcher out of the bullpen, tossing a season-high five strikeouts.
• Bies went 3-for-4 at the plate, including his fourth homer of the year.
• Jewell was walked only five time compared to issuing 10 base on balls issued by the Jewell Cardinals pitching staff.

UP NEXT
Jewell and Saginaw Valley will wrap up their series Sunday with a noon first pitch at Talley Stadium.