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Box Score 2 ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Mount Union's baseball team dropped a pair of home games 7-1 and 7-0 to John Carroll in an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader at 23rd Street Field in Alliance.
The Purple Raiders (8-5, 0-2 OAC) could not string any hits together, managed just 13 total hits over the two games and suffered their first shutout in 32 games dating back to last season.
John Carroll (11-3, 2-0 OAC) got a pair of strong starting pitching efforts from Brandon Maddern and Andrew Doring.
Maddern gave up just one run and struck out six over seven innings to get the win in game one.
Andrew Dorning improved to 4-0 on the season as he allowed only four hits and struck out eight through seven innings in game two.
The Blue Streaks took a 1-0 lead in the second inning of game one and the Raiders tied the game in the fifth on a two-out RBI single by Sean Mohney (Lodi/Cloverleaf).
John Carroll then scored six unanswered runs over the next three innings -- three in the sixth, one in the seventh and two in the eighth -- while Mount Union got three hits the rest of the way in a 7-1 loss.
Kyle Toma (Strongsville/Strongsville) gave up four runs in five innings of work to take his first loss of the season (3-1) pitching for the Raiders.
In game two, John Carroll got three runs in the first inning then added a run in third before putting the game out of reach with three in the ninth.
Mount Union managed just five hits with two coming from Justin Jakubik (Strongsville/Strongsville).
Wes Kemp (Uniontown/Lake) struck out five and allowed only two earned runs over 6.0 innings but fell to 2-1 with the loss.
Mount Union wraps up the homestand Sunday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader against St. John Fisher (N.Y.).
John Carroll 7, Mount Union 1 (Mar 21, 2015 at Alliance, Ohio) (Game 1)
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John Carroll........ 010 003 120 - 7 11 1 (10-3, 1-0 OAC)
Mount Union......... 000 010 000 - 1 8 2 (8-4, 0-1 OAC)
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Pitchers: John Carroll - Brandon Maddern; Aaron Lapaglia(8) and Jacob Schriner. Mount Union -
Toma; Wood(6); McCristall(8) and Weber.
Win-Brandon Maddern(2-1) Loss-Toma(3-1) T-2:35 A-76
Weather: 50 F Overcast
Toma faced 4 batters in the 6th.
Wood faced 3 batters in the 8th.
John Carroll 7, Mount Union 0 (Mar 21, 2015 at Alliance, Ohio) (Game 2)
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John Carroll........ 301 000 003 - 7 12 1 (11-3, 2-0 OAC)
Mount Union......... 000 000 000 - 0 5 2 (8-5, 0-2 OAC)
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Pitchers: John Carroll - Andrew Doring; Mark Materise(8) and Jacob Schriner. Mount Union -
Kemp; Taylor(7) and Weber.
Win-Andrew Doring(4-0) Loss-Kemp(2-1) T-2:45 A-73
Weather: 45 F Overcast
