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Lourdes saw Siena Heights rally in Saturday's opening game of the doubleheader to defeat the Gray Wolves 13-8 before turning the tables on the Saints, winning the nightcap 8-7 in the bottom of the seventh at Pacesetter Park.
 
Game two saw the Gray Wolves fall behind early as Siena Heights scored a pair of runs in the opening inning. 
 
Lourdes responded in the second with a pair of runs, one on a single by Meghan Birr (Muskegon, Mich./Mona Shores H.S.) and another on a muffed throw.  Lourdes took the lead in the third on a run-scoring single by Paige Churchfield (Saginaw, Mich./Swan Valley H.S.) before an error increased the lead to 4-2.
 
Siena Heights tied the game in the fourth, but Lourdes again found offense in the fifth, plating three runs to build a 7-4 lead.  Kayla Encalado (Walbridge, Ohio/Lake H.S.) walked with the bases loaded and Kelsey Beck (Paulding, Ohio/Paulding H.S.) added a two-run single.
 
Again the Saints tied the game in the next half inning, scoring three runs, all with two outs.
 
The game remained tied into the bottom of the seventh when Birr singled with one out and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Encalado.  Marissa Kostick (Saint Charles, Mich./Saint Charles H.S.) then laced a single to left-center to plate the winning run.
 
Birr and Beck both had three hits in the game as part of a 13-hit contest for the Gray Wolves.  Kostick also earned the win (5-7) in the circle, going the distance.  Kayla Kormos suffered the loss (7-2) in relief for Siena Heights (25-11-1, 10-7-1 WHAC).
 
Kyndle Wolfinger went 4-for-5 to lead the Saints' 13-hit attack in the night cap.
 
"In game two we played much better defense and had a better pitching performance than in the opener," head coach Jo Ann Gordon said afterwards.  "It's always fun to have a walk-off win."
 
Game one saw Lourdes build a 5-0 lead, only to see the Saints take advantage of five Lourdes errors and 10 walks to rally for the win.
 
The Gray Wolves plated a run in each of the first four frames.  A Kostick double in the first scored Encalado with the game's first run before back-to-back RBI singles by Birr and Encalado followed by a Kostick sacrifice fly made it 4-0 after two.
 
In the third Lourdes plated an unearned run on a Taylor Genzman (Saint Clair Shores, Mich./Lakeview H.S.) groundout to make it 5-0.  After Siena Heights scored four in the fourth to pull within one, Olivia Stanton (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland H.S.) doubled home Encalado in the bottom of the frame to make it 6-4 Lourdes.
 
The Saints scored one in the fifth before sending 13 batters to the plate and scoring eight times in the sixth, with five of the runs being unearned. 
 
Lourdes tried to rally in the ninth, scoring on an Encalado single and a Churchfield pinch-hit bases loaded walk, but the Gray Wolves stranded the bases loaded.
 
"Losing the first game today was a disappointment," Gordon added.  "Anytime you score eight runs you should come away with a win.  We had too many walks, hit batters, wild pitches, and errors."
 
Birr had three hits in game one of the doubleheader as well as Lourdes tallied 12 in the opener.
 
Kormos earned the win (7-1) in relief for the Saints, allowing three runs and six hits in four innings of work.  Lexi Buck (Holland, Ohio/Springfield H.S.) suffered the loss (1-2) in relief, allowing seven runs, only two of which were earned, in just one-third of an inning.
 
Lourdes (10-24, 3-11) will return to the diamond on Sunday afternoon as the Gray Wolves travel to Grand Rapids, Mich. to battle eighth-ranked Davenport.  First pitch in game one of the doubleheader is set for 1 p.m. at the Farmers Athletic Complex.