Jase Kennedy (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) hit home runs in each game of the doubleheader on Tuesday for Lourdes, but Point Park hit 10 long balls total on a windy day at Mercy Field on the way to sweeping a doubleheader from the Gray Wolves 11-7 and 20-4.
The Pioneers jumped out to a quick lead in the opening inning of game one with a solo home run before plating seven more runs in the third, capped off by a three-run shot, to make it 8-0 before Lourdes found the scoreboard.
Alex DuPree (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview H.S.) delivered a run-scoring double and
Joel Suraganan (Pickerington, Ont./Dunbarton H.S.) added a RBI single in the bottom of the third. The Pioneers then added single runs in the fourth and fifth before the Gray Wolves began to rally.
Kennedy hit a three-run bomb to straight away center in the sixth to pull within 10-5. After Point Park hit their fourth homer of the game in the ninth, a solo blast, the Gray Wolves added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Nick Zito (Saint Petersburg, Fla./Sports Leadership and Management Academy) delivered a sacrifice fly before Dupree, who had three hits in the opener, hit a two-out solo homer to cap the scoring.
Point Park (19-8) started game two with a home run in the first and two more homers in the second to take a 4-0 lead. The Pioneers sent 14 batters to the plate in the third, scoring eight times to increase the lead to 12 before Lourdes scored four times in the bottom of the frame.
Suraganan singled home the first run before Kennedy hit his second three-run home run of the game in the inning.
The Pioneers would go on to add two more runs in the fifth and sixth more in the sixth to pull away.
Lourdes (6-14) will close out its 10-game homestand on Friday afternoon as the Gray Wolves return to Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play to host Madonna. First pitch in game one of the doubleheader is set for noon at Mercy Field.