A program best was set on Wednesday. Another was matched.
 
The John Carroll University baseball team topped Hiram 10-6 in its home opener. The win pushed the Blue Streaks' record to a program-best 12-3. Additionally, the JCU diamond men won their 10th straight game tying the program record.
 
Working on "staff day", junior Aaron Lapaglia (3-0) was lights out in his four innings of work. The right-hander allowed two hits while striking out nine. Sophomore Mark Materise picked up his second save of the year. Materise fired 2 2/3 innings of relief allowing one run on four hits.
 
Previously, John Carroll started 11-3 in both 2006 and 2008. The Blue Streaks reached 10 consecutive wins for the third time. John Carroll previously won 10 straight games from April 5-19, 1988 and the first 10 contests of the 2006 season.
 
John Carroll quickly jumped on the scoreboard in the first to give its right-hander early support. Three of the first four batters singled to give the Blue Streaks the early 1-0 lead. Tyler Gentile singled to right driving in Rob Cifelli for the game's first run.
 
The Blue Streaks extended their lead to 3-0 in the second. David Lykens, the second batter of the inning, laced a double to right-center to drive in Mike Raschilla. Lykens made the score 3-0 when the first baseman scored on Mark Pisanello's fielder's choice.
 
Hiram cut John Carroll's lead to one in the top of the fifth. The Terriers did their damage with two outs in the frame. Ty Walchanowicz plated the first run for Hiram coming in to score on a wild pitch. Jeff Segal made the contest a one-run affair lacing a single to left.
 
John Carroll answered right back with a four-run fifth. Raschilla had the big hit of the inning, as the freshman third baseman ripped a two-out three-run double into right center. The hit made the score 7-2. Earlier in the inning Bobby Sabatino brought in Pisanello on a RBI groundout.
 
Hiram struck for three in the seventh to make it a two-run game. Segal drove in his second run of the contest drilling a triple to the fence in right center. Hiram would add its other two runs on a fielder's choice by Ron DeAmicis and a two-out single from Kyle Watson.
 
The Blue Streaks got two of the runs back in the bottom of the frame. Raschilla recorded his fourth RBI on the day. The third baseman punched a one-out single through the left side. Lykens made the score 9-5 bringing in Gentile on a fielder's choice.
 
David Crowley rounded out the scoring legging out a two-out double in the eighth. The hit scored Cifelli on the play.
 
Raschilla led JCU at the plate, completing the day 3-for-4 with four RBI.
 
Hiram fell to 4-11 with the loss.
 
The Blue Streaks return to action on Saturday, March 28. John Carroll is set to host Wilmington in an OAC doubleheader. First pitch from Schweickert Field is set for 1 p.m.