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Behind masterful pitching and timely hitting, the John Carroll baseball team got the best of Allegheny College twice on Saturday afternoon in Beckey, West Virginia, to improve its record to 2-1 in 2013.

The Blue & Gold won the day's first game by a 4-3 score before opening things up with an 8-1 game two victory.

Game one:

In the noon opener, JCU scored once in the second inning and twice in the fifth to set up a dramatic finish in the bottom of the ninth.  With the base loaded, one out, and Chet Lauer on third, Mitchell Herringshaw hit a sacrifice fly to left field for the walk-off win.

Lauer went 2-4 on the day, joining Mark Huddle as JCU's multi-hit players in game one.  Aaron Miller hit a home run, while Jimmy Spagna double home a pair of runs.

On the mound, Anthony Libertini went five and two-thirds innings, striking out five and allowing just two earned runs but was left with a no decision.  It would be Dan Jackson earning his first win of the season after an inning of scoreless relief.

Game two:

Despite the 8-1 final score, this game was on pace to go to the wire until the Blue Streaks exploded for six runs in the top of the fifth inning.  Pitcher Andrew Doring kept the game scoreless through four to allow for the delayed attack, which began when Mark Huddle drew a one-out walk.

Two singles, a double, and a hit-by-pitch later, JCU had a 4-0 lead.  Then, with Herringshaw on second courtesy of a bases clearing three-run double, Spagna stepped up to the plate and blasted a two-run home run to give the Streaks an insurmountable lead.

The offense churned out 10 hits while Doring struck out six and allowed a single run in five and two-thirds to pick up the win.  Joe Veltri and Spagna both produced multiple hits, while Herringshaw's bases loaded triple was among the plays of the day.

The Blue Streaks will compete next on March 3 against Bluffton University in South Florida as part of a seven-game swing through the Sunshine State.