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9
Winner John Carroll JOHN CAR 23-15
3
Mount Union MOUNT UN 27-10
Winner
John Carroll JOHN CAR
23-15
9
Final
3
Mount Union MOUNT UN
27-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
John Carroll JOHN CAR 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 9 11 2
Mount Union MOUNT UN 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2

W: Corll, Jake (5-2) L: B. Hansen (8-2)

Jake Corll action shot vs. MTU on 5-8-25
Dylan Feltovich

Game Recap: Baseball | | Joe Ginley '16, SID

Blue Streaks Stun #21 Mount Union in Opening Game of OAC Tournament

Jake Corll's masterful 7-inning outing silenced the host Purple Raiders

ALLIANCE – Winning the first game of the conference tournament is critical, especially in enemy territory.

Thanks in part to a hot start, John Carroll Baseball toppled the University of Mount Union, the host as No. 1 seed of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament, 9-3. The victory at Rafeld-Rogers Field is clutch, as JCU needs just two more wins to bring home the OAC title. 

The heroes of the opening game of the tournament were Jake Corll, who pitched a 7-inning masterpiece out of the bullpen, the JCU bats that clubbed 11 hits, and strong plays in the field, including several gems by George Haracz. 

John Carroll's resilience is particularly impressive, as the Blue Streaks ended the regular season on a 4-game skid. 

"I was struggling down the stretch and I texted Bobby Bell going into the playoffs. I told him, 'I'm leading off this game with a hit,' and sure enough I got fastball to my liking and led off the game with a double," said Haracz. "The fellas came in behind me with a 4-run inning to start this game off."

In the two regular season meetings against Carroll, the Raiders held JCU's bats to just one run. John Carroll surpassed that output in the first inning alone. 

George Haracz started the game with a bang, clocking a double to right center. The sophomore scored on an error, allowing Michael Persichetti to get aboard. After Ethan Glossa got aboard with a hit by pitch, Connor Mayle laid down a bunt single to load the bases. Another Mount Union error allowed two runs to score. Jack Harmon brought one more home on an RBI walk. The Raiders escaped with a 6-3 double play, but JCU's bats still felt hot with a 4-0 lead for JCU starter Frank Freeman. 

The Purple Raiders punched back with an RBI double in the bottom of the frame, but a clutch Haracz 4-3 groundout stranded two Raiders to escape with a 4-1 advantage. Back-to-back doubles in the second frame allowed Mount Union to chip away another run.

Freeman gave way to Jake Corll in the bottom of the third. Two quick outs started the frame well, but a walk and an error brought the go-around run to the dish. An RBI single through the right side, trimming the lead to 4-3 before Corll stranded two with a strikeout. 

JCU threatened with a pair of two-out walks, but the fourth inning elapsed with no runs, the first such frame of the game. The fifth started with fireworks, as Ethan Glossa clipped a double down the left field line, scoring after a Mayle sacrifice bunt and a Daugenti RBI groundout. In the bottom of the frame, Mount Union got two aboard, but Corll escaped with a doubleplay on a nice play by Haracz.

"I just did what I could to help Frank and Jake today," said Haracz. "They pitched their butts off, I just tried to help behind them."

John Carroll upped the lead to three heading into the seventh-inning stretch, thanks to a bloop RBI single over the shortstop's head into left field. Corll ran into more trouble after the stretch, allowing two runners aboard. But once again, the Austintown native escaped with no damage.

The visitors plated a huge insurance run in the eighth with two outs. Chris Bach started things with an opening hit by pitch. Three batters later, Dylan Sowers singled. Haracz then continued his fantastic day, tapping an opposite-field single down the left field line to get Bach home for a 7-3 lead. 

"This team is so tight, we talk every at-bat. The guys behind me who had already seen him said the slider is slow. I sat back on it and it was outside, so I took it with it, and got another RBI to help the fellas." 

After Corll put up his fifth straight goose egg on the scoreboard, JCU's bats rewarded him. Glossa snuck a double down the right field line, and got to third on a Mayle sac bunt. Daugenti drew a walk to get runners on the corners with one out. Bach blasted a beautiful shot to the gap in left center, scoring both to up the advantage to six. 

Corll finished things out in the ninth, closing out an exceptional effort: 7 innings, 3 hits, 0 earned runs.

"My slider [was working]. Coach Jake Hanzie knows, everyone knows it's my favorite pitch by far," said Corll. "I'm more of a pitch to contact guy, so I let the fellas behind me get it, and they were on it today. This is huge, it puts us in the early game tomorrow and gives us the chance to watch these two teams. We still got a lot of pitching behind us."

At the plate, six Blue Streaks tallied hits. Both Haracz and Glossa notched three hits apiece in huge fashion. Five different hitters knocked in runs. 

Next Up
John Carroll Baseball will play the winner of No. 2 Ohio Northern vs. No. 3 Baldwin Wallace on Friday at 9:30 am. 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play JOHN CAR MOUNT UN
JOHN CAR TOP 1st M. Persichet reached first on an error by 2b, bunt; G. Haracz scored, unearned. 1 0
JOHN CAR TOP 1st E. Daugenti reached first on an error by p; C. Mayle advanced to second; E. Glossa scored; M. Persichet scored, unearned. 3 0
JOHN CAR TOP 1st J. Harmon walked, RBI; C. Bach advanced to second; E. Daugenti advanced to third; C. Mayle scored, unearned. 4 0
MOUNT UN BOT 1st J. Lehman doubled to left center, RBI; C. Tsouras advanced to third; A. Witte scored. 4 1
MOUNT UN BOT 2nd C. Viamonte singled to right field, advanced to second, RBI; B. Fox scored. 4 2
MOUNT UN BOT 3rd L. Ickes singled to right field, RBI; Tome III advanced to third; J. Lehman scored, unearned. 4 3
JOHN CAR TOP 5th E. Daugenti grounded out to 2b, RBI; E. Glossa scored. 5 3
JOHN CAR TOP 7th C. Mayle singled to right center, RBI; E. Glossa advanced to third; G. Haracz scored. 6 3
JOHN CAR TOP 8th G. Haracz singled to left field, RBI; D. Sowers advanced to second; C. Bach scored. 7 3
JOHN CAR TOP 9th C. Bach doubled to left center, 2 RBI; E. Daugenti scored; E. Glossa scored. 9 3

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