Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 There would eventually be a first win for the John Carroll baseball team. For a program used to fast starts out of the gate, however, that first win was more than overdue.

Bobby Sabatino made his first career start count, going 2-5 with two runs scored to help the Blue Streaks score a season-high eight runs in an 8-4 victory over Bluffton University Tuesday afternoon in Port Charlotte, Florida.

Box Score vs. Bluffton

David Lykens drove in a pair of runs as part of a four-run sixth inning, while Sabatino and Jimmy Spagna each had RBI hits in the seventh to help the Blue Streaks pull away.

The offense was in support of Robbie Bellusci and Patrick O'Brien, who combined to allow just three earned runs in nine innings of work. Bellusci picked up the win while O'Brien logged three innings for the save.

JCU began the season with a pair of losses in Beckley, West Virginia, against Case Reserve on February 24.

Box Score vs Case Reserve (game one)  /  Box Score vs. Case Reserve (game two)

Those setbacks were followed by an 8-5 defeat against Bluffton to open play in Florida on Sunday. JCU, which was done in by four unearned runs, was paced on offense by a two hit, two RBI performance by Mark Huddle.

Box Score vs. Bluffton

On Monday, the Blue Streaks squared off against Moravian, but the offense struggled in a pair of losses, 1-0 and 5-1.

The one run game in the opener featured a stellar debut by John Carroll sophomore Anthony Libertini, who allowed just one unearned run on just two hits during his six innings of work. He struck out five and walked only two in taking the hard-luck loss.

In the nightcap, Huddle, Mitchell Herringshaw and Ryan Konsler accounted for six of John Carroll's seven hits, with Herringshaw collecting a double and triple.

Box Score vs Moravian (game one)  /  Box Score vs. Moravian (game two)

John Carroll had not lost five in a row to start a season since 2000, when it began the year 0-7