Chris Larry drove in four runs and scored one as well as part of John Carroll's doubleheader split at Mount Union
John Carroll and Mount Union began the day tied for third place in the Ohio Athletic Conference.
They ended the day still tied for third place. The two teams split a doubleheader in Alliance Thursday with John Carroll rolling to a 10-3 win in game one before Mount Union pulled away late for a 7-2 victory in the nightcap.
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Game Two
JCU was aggressive from the get go in game one. Two walks, two steals and an RBI hit by
Tom Hickey spotted the Streaks a 2-0 lead in the top of the first.
After Mount Union tied the score at 2-2 with single runs in the second and third, the Blue Streaks scored two more runs in the top of the fourth and never looked back. The big blows came in the fifth as John carroll tallied four runs on five hits, which included an RBI single by
Chris Larry, an RBI double by
Brian Benander and an RBI triple by Johnny Hastings.
All the offense was in support of
Tom Schaberl who struck out eight (one shy of matching his career high) and allowed just two runs on seven hits in six innings of work. Schaberl improved to 2-1 on the season.
Game two was a close affair for the first six innings. JCU had an early 1-0 lead but fell behind 3-1. After scoring in the sixth to cut the deficit to a single run, the Blue Streaks were put away by a four-run seventh by the host Purple Raiders.
The split leaves JCU and Mount Union tied for third in the OAC with identical 7-5 league marks. The Blue Streaks are now 13-15 overall while the Purple Raiders move to 13-14.
