Lourdes closed out the home portion of the 2015 season on Saturday afternoon, splitting a doubleheader with Cornerstone at Mercy Field.  Lourdes won the opener 5-4 in 13 innings on Senior Day before the Golden Eagles registered a 3-0 win in the nightcap.
 
The Gray Wolves had to rally in the opener to force extra innings as Cornerstone plated single runs in the first and third frames to build a 2-0 lead.  Lourdes cut its deficit in half in the bottom of the fourth as Tim Ward (Mount Orab, Ohio/Western Brown H.S.) doubled home Zak Laubscher (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinbsburg H.S.).
 
Cornerstone added a pair of unearned runs in the sixth to increase the lead to 4-1 before the Gray Wolves began their rally in the bottom of the seventh.  With one out, Marty Ramirez (Toledo, Ohio/Start H.S.) doubled into the corner in leftfield, plating Garrett Jex (Bowling Green, Ohio/Bowling Green H.S.) and Andy Kefalos (Barberton, Ohio/Barberton H.S.).
 
Lourdes trailed by one heading into the bottom of the ninth.  With one out, Jex singled and was lifted for pinch runner Alex Samson (Orrville, Ohio/Orville H.S.).  A groundout moved Samson to second before a passed ball and wild pitch, both with two outs, allowed him to score the tying run.
 
Both schools had chances in extra innings.  Cornerstone stranded runners on second and third in the 10^th and a runner on third in the 11^th while Lourdes had the lead-off man aboard in the 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th.  In the 13^th, Samson walked with one out and moved to second while Kefalos was hit by a pitch. With two outs, Nick Toth (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson H.S.) delivered the game-winning single to right.
 
Jex finished 3-for-4 in the opener while Lourdes tallied 14 hits as a team.
 
Frank Shaffer (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg H.S.) started for Lourdes, pitching eight innings before leaving with a no decision.  He scattered eight hits and allowed just one earned run while striking out five.  Brandon Holt (Ravenna, Ohio/Ravenna H.S.) earned the win (3-1) with four scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one hit.  Paul Freswick suffered the loss (0-2) for Cornerstone.
 
In game two, Justin Geerts tossed a complete game, two-hit shutout to earn the win (2-9) for Cornerstone (23-28, 14-18 WHAC), working around six walks over the seven innings.
 
The Golden Eagles scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning and added on an insurance tally in the seventh.  Lourdes threatened early, stranding runners on second and third in both the second and third innings, before not registering a hit the rest of the way.
 
Matt Olsavsky (Waterville, Ohio/Anthony Wayne H.S.) suffered the loss (0-4), allowing three runs and six hits in 6.2 innings on the hill while striking out four.
 
Lourdes (12-33, 6-23) will begin its season-ending five-game road trip on Wednesday evening as the Gray Wolves travel to Hillsdale for a non-conference game.  First pitch is set for 4 p.m. at Simpson Field in Hillsdale, Mich.