Baseball: Carber's Complete Game Paves Way for UD

A windy Tuesday afternoon game proved to be just what the doctor ordered for the Flying Cardinals baseball team. The 2-1 victory over the Upper Merion Vikings carried the Cardinals out of the cellar and improved their record to 5-8.

The Cardinals mustered just a single hit off of Viking pitcher Justin Cunnae, but the team managed to pull out the win capitalizing on a combination of walks, hit batsmen and errors.

The Cardinals scored first in the third inning when left-fielder Andrew Yekel slid safely home after Viking catcher Alex Clarke failed to catch a throw from the second baseman. Cardinal shortstop Luke Felix scored the winning run off an Ethan Gregg sacrifice-fly in the fifth inning. 

Sophomore Andrew Carber proved to be the difference, as he pitched a complete game (seven innings), yielding just seven hits and two walks, while striking out five. His lone blemish came in the fourth inning when Viking second baseman Brian Desch drove in Ray Gambone on a ground-out to the short-stop. Carber improved his record to 3-0 on the season and leads the team in wins.

Notes

-This victory extended the Cardinals win-streak to four games and is the team's new high watermark for the 2011 campaign.

- It was the Cardinals second win in two days, as they defeated Wissahickon Monday by a score of 9 to 3

-The Cardinals next play Cheltenham Friday, May 6 at Cheltenham. They defeated the Panthers 8 to 5 back on April 18. 

Box Score

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WP: Andrew Carber (3-0)

LP: Justin Cunnae

RBI: UM-Brian Desch, UD-Gregg (7)

2B: UM-Gambone 

Videos

**Andrew Carber Player of the Game Video 

**Coach Ed Wall speaks about his team and the big win

(Apologies for the windy audio.)