Joe Bossard (Sagamore Hills, OH, Trinity) threw seven innings of shutout baseball, and the Blue Streaks offense supplied plenty of runs as John Carroll rolled to its third consecutive win, 13-3, over Case Reserve Thursday at Nobby's Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

Box Score

Bossard scattered four hits in his seven innings of work, keeping the host Spartans off the scoreboard as he struck out five and walked three in facing 27 batters.

In the meantime, the offense was working early and often. After John Skomra (Buffalo, NY, Canisius) scored in the first inning after leading off the game with a single, the Blue Streaks erupted for three runs in the third and five more in the fourth to take a 9-0 lead.

JCU would push the lead to 10-0 when Tim O'Brien (Chicago, IL, Loyola Academy) led off the frame with a solo home run.

Case would post three runs in the eighth inning but the Blue Streaks replied with three runs of their own in the ninth, which featured a steal of home by John Hastings (Pittsburgh, PA, Fox Chapel).

The two thru five hitters for John Carroll -- O'Brien, Brian Benander (Richmond Heights, OH, Cleveland St. Ignatius), Ryan Pacyga (Forest Park, IL, Nazareth Academy) and Bryan Robinett (Loveland, OH, Cincinnati Moeller) -- were a combined 9-17 with seven RBI.