Lourdes began its nine-game stretch in the state of Florida on Monday afternoon, sweeping both ends of a doubleheader against Rochester (Mich.) by scores of 4-3 and 11-1 at Pat Thomas Stadium in Leesburg, Fla.
 
"It was great getting a couple of wins on our first day in the warm weather," head coach Jeremy Snow said after the twinbill.
 
Matt York (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) was solid on the mound over the first three innings, striking out seven during the span, but the game remained scoreless into the fourth.
 
"Matt pitched well and the bullpen did its job in game one, and we found a way to win," Snow added.
 
Lourdes struck first with a two-out rally in the top of the fourth.  Glen Crabtree (Medina, Ohio/Black River H.S.) started with a double and George Pastor (Walled Lake, Mich./Central H.S.) followed with a RBI single.  Dan Johnson (Westland, Mich./Franklin H.S.) added a run-scoring double before Reilly Walters (Bowmanville, Ont./Bowmanville H.S.) made it a 3-0 game with a single.
 
Rochester answered with three in the bottom of the frame, tying the game with a two-out, two-run single by Caleb Psycher, the only Warrior with two hits in the game.
 
The game remained tied into the seventh when Cole Cantelon (Langley, B.C./Brookswood Secondary) singled to lead off the inning and stole second.  He moved to third on a single by Cameron Gallo (Mason, Ohio/Bishop Fenwick H.S.) and scored on a passed ball.
 
Rochester (3-6) put the leadoff man on in the bottom of the seventh, but Adam Hoyos (Oro Valley, Ariz./Canyon Del Oro H.S.) registered a strikeout-throw out double play as Johnson gunned down his second would-be base stealer in as many innings.  Hoyos picked up his first save of the year while Kyle Sacher (Barberton, Ohio/Barberton H.S.) earned the win (1-1) with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief.
 
"Dan Johnson may have been the hero today, throwing out those two runners," Snow said.
 
Austin Steinfort took the loss (0-1) for Rochester, allowing the one unearned run in 1.1 innings on the hill.
 
The Warriors plated an unearned run in the opening inning of game two, but Lourdes immediately responded in the bottom of the frame.  Corey Righman (Ashville, Ohio/Teays Valley H.S.) had a sacrifice fly to plate Jay Denman (Toledo, Ohio/Saint Francis de Sales H.S.) and Dallas Riggs (Prescott, Ariz./Bradshaw Mountain H.S.) scored on a wild pitch as the Gray Wolves took advantage of two walks and a hit batter in the inning.
 
Lourdes erupted for six runs in the second to break the game open.  A two-run single by Righman, a sacrifice fly by Gallo, and a three-run home run by Crabtree made it an 8-1 game.  Righman picked up his fourth RBI of the game in the third after being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.  In the fourth, Pastor tripled home a run and Kevin Suttles (Monroe, Mich./Monroe H.S.) had a run-scoring ground out to complete the scoring.
 
Sedrick Gonzalez (Blissfield, Mich./Blissfield H.S.) had two hits to lead the eight-hit attack for the Gray Wolves.
 
Zach Brown (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) earned the win (2-1), allowing one unearned run and three hits in four innings while striking out four and walking seven.  Jordan Eaddy suffered the loss (0-1), surrendering eight runs on three hits while walking five in 1.2 innings of work.
 
"Our offense erupted early and Brown pitched well enough to win," Snow concluded about game two.  "We got a lot of guys their first varsity action today which was nice."
 
Lourdes (5-4) travels to Winter Haven, Fla. on Tuesday afternoon to face Grace in a doubleheader.  First pitch in game one of the twinbill is set for 1 p.m. at Chain-o-Lakes.