ST. LOUIS – Saginaw Valley State University baseball took both games of a doubleheader against Maryville on Saturday to sweep the three-game series. The Cardinals (9-2) defeated the Saints (4-9) 4-3 in seven innings and 5-2 in nine innings.

Game One: Saginaw Valley 4, Maryville 3 (7-innings)

Saginaw Valley wasted no time in the first inning. Ethan Scheib (Mattawan, Mich. / Mattawan HS) walked, and Lucas Mead (Gladwin, Mich. / Gladwin HS) singled to put two on. After a double steal, Buck Snabes (Rochester, Mich. / Rochester Adams HS) ripped an RBI single to right to score Scheib. A throwing error on a pickoff attempt allowed Mead to score, and Connor Cornwell (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Henry Ford II HS) added a sacrifice fly to cap a three-run frame and give SVSU a 3-0 lead. Austin Cicerone (Troy, Mich. / Troy HS) pushed the advantage to 4-0 in the fifth with an RBI single to center, scoring Ryan Jarvis (Macomb, Mich. / Dakota HS).

Maryville answered in the sixth. A solo home run started the rally, and a pair of RBI plays cut the lead to 4-3. With the bases loaded, the Saints attempted to score on a wild pitch, but Cornwell was able to gather and throw to Dan Wilcome (Sv, 3) (Cheboygan, Mich. / Cheboygan Area HS) at home to end the inning. Wilcome allowed a double to lead off the seventh but retired the next three to earn the save

Jack Sequin (W, 3-0) (Bay City, Mich. / Bay City Western HS) got the start and went 5.2 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits and a walk. Sequin struck out five on the way to the win. Snabes finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, while Cicerone added two hits and a run driven in.

Brayden Rebel (L, 1-1) allowed three of the four runs, two of them earned, in the start. He pitched 3.1 innings and stuck out three while allowing four hits.

Game Two: Saginaw Valley 5, Maryville 2

In the nightcap, Chase Raymond (W, 2-1) (Standish, Mich. / Standish Sterling Central HS) delivered a complete-game performance to clinch the sweep, scattering five hits over nine innings in a 5-2 win. Raymond was efficient throughout, allowing just two runs and one walk while striking out eight.

Offensively, Jarvis set the tone with a solo home run to right field in the first inning. He later added an RBI single in the third to extend the lead to 2-0.

After Maryville cut the deficit to 2-1 in the fourth, the Cardinals capitalized on defensive miscues in the fifth when Scheib reached on an error and Brady Carpenter (Oxford, Mich. / Oxford HS) scored. Saginaw Valley added two more in the sixth on RBI singles from Jacob Pitt (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Catholic Central HS) and Cornwell to stretch the lead to 5-1.

Jarvis led the offense, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Mead added two hits, while Cornwell and Pitt each drove in a run. The Cardinals collected eight hits in the finale and did not commit an error behind Raymond.

Ryan Hoshaw (L, 0-3) pitched five innings in the start for Maryville. He allowed five runs, four earned, on four hits and struck out nine.

Up Next: Saginaw Valley returns home for a couple of days before heading to Florida for their Spring Break trip. The Cardinals play five games in four days at the RussMatt Invitational starting with St. Cloud State on Wednesday, March 4. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 PM at Chain of Lakes Field 3 in Winter Haven, Florida.