Concordia (Mich.) pitching limited Lourdes to just one run and nine hits over two games on Sunday afternoon as the Cardinals swept both games of a doubleheader against the Gray Wolves, winning 2-0 and 10-1 at the SHU Baseball Diamond in Adrian, Mich.
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In the opener,
Wyatt Smith (Sycamore, Ohio/Wynford H.S.) limited Concordia to two hits in a complete game effort, but a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the fourth proved to be the difference. Smith struck out six Cardinals over the six innings.
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Offensively, Lourdes managed just three hits in the opener, two by
Joel Suraganan (Pickerington, Ont./Dunbarton H.S.).
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In game two, Concordia scored three times in the third and added four more runs in the fourth to break the game open before tacking on three insurance runs in the eighth.
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Steve Haugh (Waterville, Ohio/Anthony Wayne H.S.) produced the Gray Wolves' lone offense of the day, hitting a lead-off home run in the fourth, extending his on base streak to 23 straight games to start the season.Â
Ryan Jagodzinski (Perrysburg, Ohio/Rossford H.S.) had three of Lourdes' six hits in the nightcap.
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Lourdes (12-11, 8-4 WHAC) and Concordia (25-1, 10-0) will conclude their four-game series on Monday afternoon with another doubleheader. The action will shift back to Ann Arbor, Mich. with the first pitch slated for 1 p.m. at Cardinal Field.
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