NOTRE DAME, Ind. — A three-run fourth inning lifted the Niles baseball team past Shaker Heights (Ohio) Saturday afternoon at Eck Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

Trailing 1-0, the Viking (9-4) scored three times in the top half of the third.

John Carey opened the inning by reaching first on an error by the Shaker Heights second baseman. Donte Stevens singled to put runners at first and third with no outs.

Logan Harpenau then laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to score Carey with the tying run. Harpenau was safe on the play. Zach Holt hit into a fielder’s choice play in which Stevens was out at third.

Taylor Campbell lifted a sacrifice fly to advance Harpenau to third. Holt then stole second before Matthew McLaughlin singled home Harpenau with the go-ahead run and Holt to give the Vikings’ a 3-1 advantage.

The game remained that way until the seventh when Niles tacked on an insurance run.

McLaughlin reached base on an error and moved to second when Josh Brawley was hit by a pitch. Both runners advanced on a ground out by Dallas Munger.

McLaughlin scored the game’s final run on a balk.

The Vikings finished with seven hits, led by McLaughlin, who was 2-for-4. Carey doubled for the Vikings.

Campbell picked up the victory as he worked six innings before giving way to Cody Taggart, who pitched the seventh.

“You definitely feel a lot better when you walk away from this one,” Niles coach Mike Vota said about his team bouncing back from being swept on Thursday. “We got a couple of key hits when we needed them finally. We have been struggling with runners in scoring position and not getting the key hit when we needed it. And today we got a couple.

“Taylor did a real nice job. That was his best outing of the year by far. He made some nice adjustments, which was good to see. He pitched with a lot of confidence.”

Niles 000 300 1 – 4 7 0

Shaker Heights 001 000 0 – 1 5 2

Taylor Campbell (W), Cody Taggart (7) and John Carey, Tyler Parish (7)

Andrew Wood (L), Tom Loefler (5) and Ryan Walling

2B: Carey (N), Alec Coughlin (SH), Walling (SH)

Varsity records: Niles 9-4, Shaker Heights 8-9

Brandywine round robin

The championship game of the Brandywine Round Robin on Saturday was suspended after two innings of play by rain.

The Bobcats were leading 1-0 at the time over Benton Harbor.

Brandywine (9-7) advanced to the championship with a 13-2 win over Bangor in the opening game.

Alex Erwin picked up the victory with relief help from Mke Schoenleber.

Austin Searles doubled twice and tripled for the Bobcats, who also got doubles from Buck Bourdon and Brad Millin.

Brandywine Round Robin

First game

Bangor 000 400 2 – 6 9 2

Bradywine 325 300 x – 13 17 1

Alex Erwin (W), Mike Schoenleber(5) and Austin Searles

Jake Abbott (L) and Tom Whalen

2B: Buck Bourdon (BW), Searles (BW) 2, Brad Millin (BW)

3B: Searles (BW)

Varsity records: Bangor 10-5, Brandywine 9-7

Second game

Benton Harbor 4

Bangor 2

Championship game (Suspended due to rain)

Benton Harbor 0 0 0 – 0 2 0

Brandywine 01 – 1 2 1

Allegan at Dowagiac

Dowagiac’s Jason Turner drove in a run in the top of the seventh in the second game of Friday night’s Wolverine Conference baseball game with visiting Allegan to give the Chieftains the sweep.

Turner also worked five strong innings of relief, but did not pick up the victory as Zac Hyatt took the mound in the bottom of the seventh after the Chieftains had taken the lead.

Turner struck out eight and walked just two over five innings in relief of Aaron Blaske, who worked the opening inning after earning the decision in Dowagiac’s 13-2, four-inning victory in the first game.

After scoring the run in the top have of the seventh, the Chieftains sent the Tigers down in order with the aid of a pair of nice defensive plays.

Dowagiac (7-8, 6-2 Wolverine) thought it had won the game the previous inning after taking a 3-2 lead with a run. But Allegan (2-8, 2-6 Wolverine) scored in the bottom of the sixth to square the game again, this time at 3-3.

The Chieftains and Tigers both scored a run in the first inning, while Allegan took a 2-1 lead with a run in the third. Dowagiac tied the score at 2-2 with a run in the fourth.

The Chieftains finished with six hits, including doubles by Hyatt and Chad Gravatt. Blaske was 3-for-4.

Blaske, Turner and Hyatt combined to toss a two-hitter. Both of Allegan’s hits came in the first inning.

In the opener, Dowagiac scored a combined 11 runs in the third and fourth innings to break up a 2-2 tie with the Tigers.

The big blow in the six-run fifth inning was Brett Scanlon’s two-run home run.

The Chieftains finished with 12 hits, including three each from Hyatt and Turner. Hyatt doubled and drove in four runs, while Turner picked up three RBIs.

Gravatt and Tony Brooks both had a pair of hits. Brooks also drove in two runs.

Blaske worked four innings, scattering five hits and allowing two runs with four strikeouts, to pick up the victory. Ryne Willming pitched the fifth, striking out one.

Dowagiac will head to Comstock on Tuesday for another Wolverine Conference doubleheader.

First game

Allegan 001 100 0 – 2 5 1

Dowagiac 025 600 x – 13 12 2

Aaron Blaske (W), Ryne Willming (5) and Brett Scanlon

Trey McLaughlin (L) and Andrew Kelley

2B: Sam Goldschmeding (A), Tyler Gorby (A), Mike Pranschke (D), Zac Hyatt (D)

HR: Scanlon (D)

Second game

Dowagiac 100 101 1 – 4 6 3

Allegan 101 001 0 – 3 2 4

Aaron Blaske, Jason Turner (2), Zac Hyatt (W, 7)

Sam Goldschmeding (L) and Andrew Kelley

2B: Hyatt (D), Chad Gravatt (D)

Varsity records: Allegan 2-8, 2-6 Wolverine; Dowagiac 7-8, 6-2 Wolverine