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Lourdes and Concordia (Mich.) began their three-game series on Thursday evening at Mercy Field with the Cardinals defeating the Gray Wolves 12-1.
 
The Cardinals jumped in front in the opening inning, scoring on a bloop double followed by a single up the middle from Keith Phillips.
 
A seven-run fourth inning, in which Concordia sent 11 batters to the plate, broke the game open.  Blaine Milheim capped the inning with a two-run double.
 
Lourdes found the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth as Dallas Riggs (Prescott, Ariz./Paradise Valley H.S.) singled to lead off the inning.  Another hit by Zach Brown (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) followed and Glen Crabtree (Medina, Ohio/Black River H.S.) lifted a sacrifice fly to center to plate Riggs.
 
That would be the lone offense on the night against Concordia hurler Blake Kuszmaul, who went six innings to get the win (7-0).  Kuszmaul allowed just six hits while striking out four.
 
Concordia added four more runs in the fifth, as 10 batters came to the plate with the Cardinals tallying six hits in the inning to close out the scoring.
 
Phillips and Marshall Oetting each had three hits for Concordia as part of the visitors' 16-hit attack.  Riggs had three hits for the Gray Wolves, accounting for half of the team's hit total.
 
Kolby Rogge (Toledo, Ohio/Springfield H.S.) suffered the loss (2-6) for Lourdes on the mound, despite allowing just one run and four hits in three innings of work.
 
Lourdes (7-25, 4-18 WHAC) and Concordia (32-9, 15-6) will wrap up their three-game series on Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader at Mercy Field.  First pitch in game one of the twinbill is set for 1 p.m.