University Heights, Ohio – The Oberlin College baseball team finished on the wrong end of a 6-5 decision at John Carroll University on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Blue Streaks erupted for five first-inning runs but senior starter Musa Matiwane settled in from there, allowing his teammates work their way back into the contest.
 
John Carroll got four of their eight hits and three of their four walks off of Matiwane in the opening frame to create the early separation.
 
The Yeomen would eventually get the bats going with a four-run fourth inning to get right back into the game. The rally started with four straight singles from Alexis Castillo, Jacob Thompson, Parker Goldstein and Jack Marsjanik to get Oberlin on the board. Following an RBI groundout by Ben Reed, Rookie Ian Ashby would come through with a RBI double that ultimately sent both Reed and Marsjanik across the dish.
 
A sacrifice fly Jack Derwin in the top of the sixth would reset the game to even at 5-5 but JCU was able to scratch out the go-ahead run in the seventh.
 
Oberlin would put two on with two out in the eighth and get a two-out base runner in the ninth but could not find a way to bring home the game-tying run.
 
The Yeomen out-hit the Blue Streaks 11-10 in the game with the rookie tandem of Thompson and Ashby belting out three hits each in the contest.
 
The setback marked the fifth straight for the Yeomen as they fell back to 12-16 on the year while John Carroll moved to 21-11.
 
Oberlin will look to stop its skid on Saturday when it hosts Kenyon College in a conference doubleheader starting at noon.