ADRIAN, Mich. (LourdesAthletics.com) -- The Lourdes University baseball team earned a split on the road Wednesday afternoon, dropping the opener 3-1 before edging Siena Heights University 7-6 in game two of a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference doubleheader at the SHU Baseball field in Adrian, Mich. The Gray Wolves put together a late-game rally in the nightcap to salvage the split.Â
Game One: Lourdes 1, Siena Heights 3
Lourdes was held to just two hits in the opening game of Wednesday's doubleheader, falling 3-1 to the Saints.Â
Siena Heights broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run double to center. Lourdes responded with a run in the sixth as Alex Dupree scored on a wild pitch, but the Saints got the run back in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI single to make it 3-1.
Dupree and Caleb Edwards-Dugan recorded Lourdes' only hits of the afternoon, each doubling. Zane Mullins suffered the loss (0-8), allowing two earned runs in three innings of relief. Austin Nuhfer started and worked two scoreless innings with three strikeouts.
Tomas Polidor earned the win (3-2) for the Saints, striking out four over three innings, while Jacob Tehse picked up the save.
Game Two: Lourdes 7, Siena Heights 6
Lourdes built an early lead and held off a late push from Siena Heights to earn a 7-6 win in game two.
The Gray Wolves struck early with two runs in the first inning, highlighted by a Jase Kennedy RBI groundout and a run-scoring single from Caleb Edwards-Dugan. Joel Suraganan tripled home a run in the second, and Lourdes added single runs in the third and fourth innings to stretch the lead to 5-1.
Siena Heights rallied with four runs in the fifth, tying the game at 5-5. Lourdes reclaimed the lead in the sixth when Edwards-Dugan reached on an error that allowed a run to score. After the Saints tied it once more in the bottom half, Suraganan delivered a sacrifice fly in the seventh that brought home Zane Mullins with the game-winning run.
Brenden Holland earned the win in relief (4-7), tossing the final two innings and striking out three while allowing just one run. Suraganan finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored, while Edwards-Dugan added two hits and drove in two.