While the weather improved from a muggy, overcast day to a sunny Tuesday in University Heights, a downpour of unearned runs from the Big Red hampered the Blue Streaks outing as #9 ranked Denison defeated John Carroll, 15-6.

The calamitous sixth inning was the Blue Streaks undoing on this afternoon as JCU fell to 0-3 at home this year. The Blue & Gold have been outscored 27-9 at Schweickert Field this season.

Having just lost their program record 17-game win streak, the Big Red got back to their winning ways quickly. 

The bats weighed heavy on both club's shoulders through the first two innings, as John Carroll and Denison each recorded a hit while starting pitchers Mitch Midea and Will McManaman both struck out two batters.

In the third, Denison started heating up, drawing a pair of walks near the bottom of the order against Midea before exited after one trip through the line-up.

Jack Bennett subbed in for the Streaks, and Denison seized on the opportunity. A bases loaded sacrifice fly got the first run home, and then a two-out double down the left field line that just snuck past the bag by Will Krushena plated two more.

In the top of the fourth, Big Red added another to their tally after a sacrifice fly converted against Henry Haracz.

Finally in the fifth, the Blue and Gold began their offensive attack.  After a Joe Charpentier "Texas leaguer", a Matthew Springer walk and Keohane single. JCU had bases loaded and no out.  Derek Penman, in his only negative at bat, grounded into a double play that pushed across one run. Then, Dom Mittiga smacked in a run for the Blue Streaks to cut their deficit in half.

It was 4-2 heading into the sixth inning, but disaster would strike in the form of four consecutive errors to lead off the inning that involved each infielder once. That led to an eight-run inning in which one run came home via a wild pitch, another by a passed ball, and two on a Krushena home run that came with two outs -- well after the inning should have been over. The Big red plated eight runs on four hits and two walks.
 
JCU would tack on one run in the bottom of the sixth - Sam Heaton recorded his 20th RBI of the season, bringing home David Ferguson - before scoring three in the ninth.

Both teams recorded 12 hits in the game, and both pitching staffs recorded nine strikeouts, but Denison had just one error to John Carroll's five.

Dennison is now 28-3 on the year, while John Carroll drops to 20-11.

John Carroll will have to recover quickly for a home rematch against Oberlin College tomorrow at 4:00 P.M.