AUSTINTOWN, Ohio - John Carroll University won a pair of high-scoring, Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) games over the Wilmington College baseball team on Saturday, claiming game one 14-13 and winning the nightcap 12-10.

Game one began as a pitcher's duel, but ended as an offensive shootout. The starters – Luke Chappie for Wilmington and Andrew Steele for JCU – pitched four innings of scoreless baseball. The Quakers left the bases loaded in the top of the fifth, and the Blue Streak plated the game's first two runs with consecutive doubles in the bottom of the inning.

Things got wild in the sixth. Both teams batted around and combined for 16 runs in the inning. The Quakers plated seven runs on five hits that included RBI-knocks from Dominic Depa, Jacob Kalt and Tyler Shaneyfelt while Aaron Burns and Noah Martin drew bases-loaded walks. The visitor's 7-2 lead wouldn't last long as the hosts plated eight runs, six unearned, on six hits, one of which was a bases-clearing double from Victor Glaser, to turn a five-run deficit into a four-run advantage.

Wilmington got the four runs back with a pair of two-out, two-RBI doubles from Martin and Shaneyfelt. A Glazer solo home run in the eighth put JCU up 12-11, but again, the Quakers rallied in the ninth. Depa and Burns set the table, and after Kalt executed a sacrifice to move both runners into scoring position, Martin delivered again, doubling down the left field line.

The Blue Streaks had the last laugh, however, as Joe Olsavsky doubled home the game-tying and game-winning run with one out in the bottom of the ninth.

Jesse Reliford took the loss by allowing the final two runs in the ninth inning. Chappie allowed five earned runs on nine hits by pitching the first 5.1 innings. Sylvan Wiley pitched the final inning for JCU to get the win while Steele, the starter, also went 5.1 innings and allowed four earned runs.

Offensively, Shaneyfelt, Depa and Burns all had three-hit games while Martin joined Shaneyfelt as the two Quakers to drive in at least four runs. Erik Daugenti finished 4-for-5 with three runs scored while Glaser tallied a 3-for-5 performance with four RBIs and two runs scored.

The nightcap followed a similar script. The Quakers took a 6-2 lead after a five-run fourth that included a two-RBI double to left center, but the Blue Streaks would use the home run ball to great effect the rest of the game. Olsavsky would hit a home run in the bottom of the fourth that scored two runs, the bottom of the sixth that scored two runs and a solo shot in the seventh. That home run in the seventh would be the first of three solo shots in the frame that put JCU up 11-10. The Blue Streaks added an insurance run in the eighth.

Mac Davis took the loss for WC, allowing two earned runs while recording one out while Mitchell Midea pitched the final four innings for JCU to win his first game of the season. He struck out six and allowed three earned runs.

Burns went 2-for-5 with four RBIs for the Quakers while Caleb Scott added 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Olsavsky, batting lead-off, went 5-for-5 with six RBIs, three home runs and three runs scored.

Wilmington (11-11, 1-3 OAC) will host Berea College for a single game on Tuesday.