Box Score The John Carroll University baseball program commenced a busy eight-game schedule in the state of Florida Sunday afternoon at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, FL, the former Spring Training home of the Cleveland Indians.

Head coach Mark Thibeault and company started the trip in efficient fashion, employing two pitchers in a fast-paced game of back-and-forth action.

Fred Moore pitched six innings of two-run ball, Dominic Mittiga tallied three runs, two hits, one RBI and a walk, and Cameron Mayle earned a three-inning save in the Blue Streaks' 4-2 win over Fontbonne University.

David Ferguson delivered a pair of timely hits for half the team's RBI total, while Matthew Donnelly registered a go-ahead single. The winning effort gives the Blue and Gold a 3-1 record, while the Griffins fell to 3-5.

Moore effectively walked the tight rope early on, escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam on a strikeout and 4-6- 3 double play. He left four men stranded through the first two frames, three of whom were in scoring position.

"I know I had to work deep, I had the defense behind me," said Moore. "Location was a little bit off at the beginning, I had to work hard. At the end of the day, it worked."

Fontbonne broke the scoring barrier in the third, as Michael Puckett Jr. lifted a sacrifice fly to plate Jonathan Hoevelmann, who had advanced from second to third on a stolen base, setting up the scoring opportunity.

JCU answered on Ferguson's RBI double off the right-field wall, scoring Mittiga from first base. Shortly thereafter, the Griffins regained an advantage when Puckett Jr. blooped an RBI single over the right side of the infield.

Moore left another two runners stranded in each of the next two innings, keeping his team within striking distance throughout the low-scoring affair. His final strikeout was punctuated with a roaring celebration from the bench, shifting the momentum in the home nine's favor.

"That moment was definitely where the momentum shifted," Moore said. "I felt that pitch right then and there. It was a whole-body experience for that one. It definitely got the game going."

The sophomore out of Canton, OH finished with a final line of 6 IP, 9 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 2 HBP, 3 K (101 pitches, 67 strikes, 66.3 percent, nine ground outs, five fly outs).

"At the beginning of the day, the windup wasn't working so I had to switch it up," said Moore of his adjustments. "We went with the stretch for the rest of the game. Better location, all the pitches started to work and I just found my niche."

With the ace of the staff doing his part, the offense stepped up and gave him a chance for the victory.

Mittiga stayed hot with an RBI double to the left-field wall before Donnelly hit a go-ahead RBI single, paving the way to the Blue and Gold's first lead of the contest.

Mayle entered in relief, logging a scoreless seventh courtesy of a shoestring grab by Michael Anderson in center field. Ferguson gave the reliever some cushion to work with, tacking on an insurance run with an RBI single up the middle.

With a two-run lead, Mayle set down the side in eighth and ninth in convincing fashion, becoming the second JCU pitcher to earn a three-inning save this season.

Next, the Blue Streaks (3-1) will play a doubleheader against the Wentworth Institute of Technology Leopards (0-0) on Monday beginning at 1 p.m.