Box Score

After going 32 games without allowing an opponent to score in double figures, the John Carroll pitching staff yielded a double-digit scoring output for the second consecutive game as the Blue Streaks fell to the host Oberlin College Yeomen, 12-11, in ten innings at Dill Field in Oberlin, Ohio.

The loss extends John Carroll's current losing streak to a season-long three games.

John Carroll trailed 4-1 after three innings, but would storm back in the fifth and sixth innings. After scoring three runs (two unearned) in the fifth to tie the score at 4-4, some newer faces provided the fireworks in the sixth. Brian Wisniewski, in his first varsity at bat, singled home Dan Sabella for the go-ahead run. Rob Cool and Michael Krainz would follow with RBI singles to extend JCU's lead to 7-4.

The Blue Streaks would be unable to hold the lead, however, allowing three runs in the bottom of the sixth. The big blow was a bases loaded two out double by Ben Puterbaugh that plated three runs to tie the game at 7-7.

JCU appeared to regain control in the top of the seventh. Sabella, Russell Toth, Krainz and Sean McCarthy# all had RBI in the inning to give JCU would should have been a commanding 11-7 lead.

The Yeomen responded yet again. A walk, a triple and a balk would score two runs to start the inning, then Oberlin got two out magic, the last of which was a Shane Hisner RBI single that tied the game at 11-11.

Reliever Marty Smith pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth, but ran into trouble in the tenth. With two outs, a throwing error extended the inning. Smith walked the next batter intentionally to get to Brandon Cantrill, but Cantrill responded with a game-wining single.

John Carroll is now 22-12 on the year while Oberlin improves to 11-24. It was only John Carroll's third loss to a team with a losing record this season.