Baseball Blasts John Carroll to Stay Alive at OAC Tournament; Raiders Play Heidelberg in OAC Tournament Semifinal

C.J. Stotler (Photo by Ryan Baker)

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mount Union (28-14)	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	6	0	12	11	0
John Carroll (18-22)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	1
@ Marietta, Ohio | Don Schaly Stadium

Pitching
Win: Matt Murzynski (9-2) - Mount Union
Loss: Andrew Doring (1-2) - John Carroll

Mount Union Batting
2B: Evan Knott
3B: Connor Mathis
HR: C.j. Stotler

John Carroll Batting
2B: Mitchell Herringshaw; Jimmy Spagna; Ryan Konsler; Mark Huddle
3B: none
HR: none

full stats

MARIETTA, Ohio -- Mount Union sophomore catcher C.J. Stotler (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum) drove in five runs, three on a home run, that gave the Purple Raiders the lead for good in a 12-4 win over John Carroll in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Friday at Marietta.

The Purple Raiders (28-14) advances to a semifinal matchup against Heidelberg Friday night at 6:30 pm, while John Carroll season ends at 18-22.

Stotler had a two-out, two RBI single in the fourth inning that tied the game at 3-3, then he came up in the sixth inning and hit his team leading third home run of the season over the left field wall to put Mount Union up 6-3.

The Raiders then blew the game open with a six-run eighth inning as Jimmy Dobran (Poland/Poland Seminary) had a two-RBI single while Connor Mathis (Akron/Firestone) drove in three runs with a triple to make the score 12-3 and put the game away.

John Carroll scored three runs on three hits in the first inning but after that Mount Union starter Matt Murzynski (Mentor/Lake Catholic) allowed only four hits over the next four innings to pick up his ninth win of the season (9-2).

Zach Carlino (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) and Sean Mohney (Lodi/Cloverleaf) each drove in a run for Mount Union.

Andrew Doring gave up four runs on four hits over the first five innings and took the loss for John Carroll.