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Upcoming in Gray Wolves Baseball: Lourdes plays its final two road conference series of the season this week, beginning with a tripleheader on Wednesday at Cornerstone.  The Gray Wolves then travel to Concordia (Mich.) over the weekend for a three-game series against the Cardinals.

Head Coach Jeremy Snow: In his third season on the Lourdes bench, Jeremy Snow has a 40-85 (.320) record at the helm of the Gray Wolves, as well as in his career as a collegiate head coach.  He is the second head coach in Lourdes program's history.

Probable Starters: Matt York (RHP, 2-1, 4.75) will toe the rubber in the opener of Wednesday's tripleheader at Cornerstone.  Ryan Kroll (RHP, 1-2, 4.09) is slated to be handed the baseball in the middle game of the series while Braxton McKart (RHP, 1-0, 12.57) will take the hill in the day's final contest.  The rotation for this weekend's series at Concordia (Mich.) has yet to be announced.

Series Notes: Lourdes and Cornerstone have split their previous 18 meetings 9-9 in a series that began April 5, 2013.  Last season the Golden Eagles swept a doubleheader from Lourdes 15-4 and 6-1 in Grand Rapids, Mich., the site of the last six meetings between the two schools.  Lourdes holds a 6-4 series edge in games played in Grand Rapids.  Concordia (Mich.) holds a 15-7-1 series advantage over the Gray Wolves dating back to April 13, 2012.  The Cardinals swept a three-game series at Mercy Field in 2017, winning by scores of 12-1, 16-7, and 9-8.  Concordia holds a 4-3-1 edge all-time in Ann Arbor.

Wrapping Up Last Week: Lourdes pounded out 15 hits on Thursday evening on the way to a 17-3 victory over Ohio State-Lima at Mercy Field.  Cole Cantelon and Glen Crabtree both drove home three runs for Lourdes in the victory.  On Sunday, the Gray Wolves scored six times in the top of the ninth to rally and defeat Siena Heights 9-5 on the road.  Jay Denman had three RBI in the victory.  The final game of the series on Monday evening was suspended due to snow with the Gray Wolves and Saints tied at four after nine innings of play.
 
Scouting Cornerstone: The Golden Eagles have dropped three straight games after losing 7-6 in 10 innings at Northwestern Ohio on Friday.  Brady Eeles leads Cornerstone hitting .367 for a squad that is batting .277.  Kyle Herrick leads a pitching staff with a 5.00 ERA and a .245 opponents batting average, sporting a 3-4 record with a 3.30 ERA himself.

Scouting Concordia (Mich.): The Cardinals have won four consecutive games following a doubleheader sweep, 13-1 and 10-6, at Madonna on Monday afternoon.  Omar Prieto is batting .373 with three home runs and 24 runs batted in to pace a Concordia lineup that is hitting .290 as a team.  Cardinal hurlers sport a 3.05 earned run average and opponents are hitting just .242 against Concordia this season.  Marshall Oetting is 6-0 with a 1.52 ERA to lead the staff.

A Program First: When Lourdes and Cornerstone meet in a tripleheader on Wednesday afternoon, it will mark the first time in program history the Gray Wolves will have played three games on the same day.  Lourdes has previously tried to schedule tripleheaders to make games up from postponements, only to have inclement weather ruin the plans.

Snow Suspends Action: Lourdes and Siena Heights had their final game of the series suspended due to snow on Monday evening.  The Saints had tied the game at four in the bottom of the ninth prior to play being stopped for the evening.  A date to resume action has yet to be announced.

Headed for Three: Lourdes has tallied 18 triples thus far this season, tying the Gray Wolves for sixth most in the NAIA.  The Gray Wolves are averaging 0.62 triples per contest on the year, most in the nation.  Individually, Glen Crabtree leads Lourdes with five triples, the ninth most three-baggers in the country.  

Chasing History: With the victory at Siena Heights on Sunday, Lourdes returned to the .500 mark at 14-14, the latest the Gray Wolves have reached the mark in a season in program history.  Lourdes now has its sights on the school's single season wins record.  The Gray Wolves need two more triumphs to match the 2013 team which finished the year 16-27-1.  

Producing Multiple RBI Efforts: Cole Cantelon and Glen Crabtree both had three runs batted in for the Gray Wolves against Ohio State-Lima on Thursday night.  For Crabtree, it was his team-leading ninth multi-RBI game of the season, and his fourth with at least three runs driven in.  Jay Denman added a three-RBI game for Lourdes in the opener of the Siena Heights series.

Team Continues to Hit: Lourdes enters the week batting .322 as a team, the 21st best average among all NAIA schools.  The Gray Wolves also rank 31st nationally with a .468 slugging percentage.  

This and That: George Pastor is the only Gray Wolf to appear in, and start, all 29 games this season ... Pastor enters the week with a seven-game hitting streak, his longest of the season ... Pastor and Devin Stanley have both reached base safely in seven consecutive contests ... Jay Denman has a team-leading 12 multi-hit games, and leads the team with a .414 batting average.