Fifth-ranked Georgia Gwinnett scored in just three innings on Sunday afternoon, but plated at least four runs each time on the way to a 17-3 victory over Lourdes at the Grizzly Baseball Complex in Lawrenceville, Ga.
 
The Grizzlies sent 13 batters to the plate in the second inning, scoring nine times, including a grand slam by Nick Barnes to take the lead for good.
 
Lourdes scored an unearned run in the third after a hit by Cameron Gallo (Mason, Ohio/Bishop Fenwick H.S.), taking advantage of a throwing error. 
 
After Georgia Gwinnett (21-2) added four more runs in the fourth, an error and a passed ball allowed the Gray Wolves to find the scoreboard again.  Another four-run inning in the fifth pushed the lead to 17-2 before Matt McEachern (Burlington, Ont./Hayden Secondary H.S.) walked and eventually scored in the fifth.
 
The Grizzlies pounded out 16 hits in the win, seven against starter Ryan Kroll (Brownstown, Mich./Carlson H.S.), who allowed nine runs in 1.2 innings and suffered the loss (0-1). 
 
Lourdes managed just six hits in the contest, with Georgia Gwinnett's Matt Hunt earning the win (5-0), yielding two unearned runs in five innings.
 
Lourdes (5-5) will return to the diamond in Lawrenceville on Monday, as the Gray Wolves play a neutral site game against 11^th-ranked Cumberlands (Ky.).  First pitch is set for 2 p.m.