Lourdes battled back from a four-run deficit on Tuesday to defeat Indiana Wesleyan 5-4 at the Perfect Game Complex in Cartersville, Ga. in the third game of a four-game series.
 
"I'm proud of this team's resilience," head coach Jeremy Snow said afterwards.  "We've played three straight games in which we've battled all the way through to the end."
 
Indiana Wesleyan took the lead in the second with a pair of runs before adding two more in the third to build a 4-0 advantage.  Lourdes cut its deficit in half in the fourth as Devin Stanley (Euclid, Ohio/Saint Edward H.S.) and Jay Denman (Toledo, Ohio/Saint Francis de Sales H.S.) each delivered RBI singles.
 
The Gray Wolves pulled within one in the sixth as Stanley reached on an infield single, stole second, and came around to score following a pair of defensive errors.
 
Trailing 4-3 heading into the eighth, Daniel Krueger (Eastpointe, Mich./Lakeshore H.S), pinch-running for Noah Childress (Toledo, Ohio/Start H.S.), who was hit by a pinch, scored on a passed ball.  With the game tied with two outs and runners on the corners, Zak Laubscher (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg H.S.) and Jonathan Barker (Sylvania, Ohio/Southview H.S.) executed a double steal with Laubscher swiping home for the go-ahead run.
 
Liam Bloom (Swanton, Ohio/Swanton H.S.), who came on to pitch in the seventh earned the win (1-1) in relief while Mike Vomastek (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson H.S.) tossed two scoreless innings to close the game and pick up his first save of the year.
 
"Liam came back after a tough loss yesterday to give us a key inning and earn the win while Vomastek was solid closing the game," Snow added.
 
Lourdes managed nine hits in the game, with Stanley tallying three.  Dan Johnson (Westland, Mich./Franklin H.S.) had two more hits off of the bench.
 
"This was a total team effort with guys filling their roles," Snow concluded.  "Dan Johnson gave us some really competitive at bats off of the bench."
 
Lourdes (4-10) and Indiana Wesleyan (9-10) will conclude their four-game series on Wednesday morning beginning at 10 a.m.   The Gray Wolves will then head to Reinhardt on Wednesday afternoon for a 4 p.m. game.