John Carroll erupted for ten runs over the first five innings, then held on to cool off the red hot College of Wooster, 10-7, in non-league action Thursday afternoon.

Wooster had won eight games in a row heading into play today at Art Murray Field, but nearly proved true the baseball axiom that you can never have enough runs.

It was a big day for JCU junior Patrick Scholla, who got the scoring party started in the second inning when he singled home Mike Raschilla. The Blue Streaks added a second run when Monroe Donnelly scored on a sacrifice bunt by Dominic Mittiga.

David Crwoley, who had gone without an RBI for two games ina  row after collecting at least one in 12 consecutive games, got back on the RBI train in the third when he tripled to center field and scored Patrick Keohane. Crowley would later score on a Tyler Gentile single.

It would be Scholla again later in the rrame, as his two out single scored Gentile to make the score 5-0.

Keohane made it 6-0 when he doubled home Rob Cifelli for John Carroll's lone run in the fourth.

After Wooster score in the bottom of the fourth, John Carroll erupted for four more runs to seemingly put the game out of reach. Donnelly, Max Argento, Cifelli and Crowley all drove in single runs to push the Blue Streaks advantage to 10-1.

The Fighting Scots would not go quietly. The home team scored once during both the fifth and sixth innings, then put two runs on the board in both the seventh and eighth. The potential tying run came to the plate in the bottom of the eight with two on, but senior reliever Mark Pisanello got the final out on a pop up foul ball. He then worked a scoreless bottom of the ninth for his first save.

Freshman Carter Semancik, making his second collegiate appearance and first collegiate start, got the win by going the first five innings and allowing six hits and two runs (both earned), walking two and striking out two.

The win puts John Carroll's record back to .500 at 17-17, while Wooster drops to 22-9.