Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 In what has become a trend for the John Carroll baseball team, the Blue Streaks won when they scored first Friday afternoon at Schweickert Field. 

Unfortunately for the Blue & Gold, Wilmington struck the initial blow in Game One of the doubleheader, eventually taking the 6-2 victory.  Game Two was a different story, as JCU put the first four across home plate on the way to a 14-5 drubbing of the Quakers to earn the split.

The first contest was scoreless until the top of the fourth, when Wilmington put two on the board thanks to an RBI single by Luke Teeters and an error on Mitchell Herringshaw.  The Quakers added a run in the fifth, which was enough for Hunter Justus, who allowed just one run in four innings on the mound to earn his first win of 2012.

The loss spoiled a solid pitching performance by Jimmy Spagna, who surrendered six hits and three earned runs in six and-a-third innings to receive the loss.

Box Score: Game 1 / Game 2

In the day's second encounter, Aaron Miller put the home team ahead in the first inning with an RBI single, sending Joe Veltri across the plate.  The second frame was more of the same, as Veltri was once again in the midst of the scoring.  His two-run single that followed two infield hits and a bloop base-knocked put JCU ahead 4-0.

Sophomore starting pitcher Anthony Libertini cruised through the first four innings before running into a loud Wilmington response in the fifth.  The Quakers accumulated three hits, three walks, and a hit-batsman in the frame, taking a 5-4 lead from the Blue Streaks.

After A Ryan Konsler RBI single knotted the game at five in the bottom of the fifth, John Carroll really went to work in the sixth. 

Dan Potter led off with a triple.  He eventually scored, along with seven other Blue Streaks in the inning.  Patience prevailed for the Blue & Gold, as they drew five walks in the sixth frame alone.  When the dust cleared, JCU had scored eight runs on four hits, and the game was blown wide open at 13-5.

Herringshaw doubled home Potter in the eighth to finish the scoring.

Freshman hurler Tyler Ferretti threw four and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief, only allowing one hit to pick up his first collegiate win.

Among JCU's many sterling offensive performers were Ryan Konsler, who went a combined 4-of-7 with four RBI and Dan Potter, who finished 4-of-9 with one RBI and three runs scored in the twinbill.

With the split, John Carroll's record stands at 10-11, 3-3 in the OAC, while Wilmington is now 4-15, 1-5 in league play.