Howell, MI — HOWELL, Mich. -- The Saginaw Valley State University baseball team ran away from the Cleary University Cougars with a 13-2 victory on Tuesday afternoon in Howell, Mich. The Cardinals used a big first inning to earn the victory, scoring seven runs. Game Breakdown: -SVSU got the scoring started right away in the top of the first inning when a Cleary error made the score 1-0. -Martin Money and Maven Gordon made the score 3-0 with RBI singles. -Jeffrey Reseigh drove in a run with a single to make it 5-0. -Reseigh later reached home when Colin Cornwell was hit by a pitch. -Tucker Roe drove in the final run of the first inning for SVSU when he reached a fielders choice and Jaccar Watkins scored. -The Cougars got a run back in the bottom of the second, before a two-run home run by Cornwell in the top of the third extended the lead to 9-1. -An Andrew Burke RBI single made it 10-1 SVSU. -Cleary scored one more run in the bottom of the seventh. -A sacrifice fly by Nolan Raymond and an RBI triple by Watkins made it 13-2, and SVSU cruised to victory. -Reed Raymond got the start on the mound for the Cardinals and earned the win, going 6.0 innings, allowing one run, five hits, and striking out seven batters. Up next: SVSU will make the trip to Florida for the RussMatt Invitational. The Cardinals will face Tiffin University at 11 am Friday in Auburndale, Florida.