Spartans End Season on High Note with 11-10 Win at John Carroll

The Case Western Reserve University baseball team ended its 2026 season with an 11-10 win at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon.

The Spartans won their final three games of the season to finish the year with a 20-19 overall record, while the Blue Streaks dropped to 21-16 with the setback, the team's fourth-straight loss.

Stats and Standouts

The Spartans finished the game with 15 hits, including seven for extra bases.

Sophomore Jeff Radinsky pitched an inning and two-thirds in relief, allowing a run on a hit and a walk, and picked up the win, improving to 2-1 on the year.

Sophomore Ayush Shetty pitched the final inning and two-thirds, giving up a run on four hits with a strikeout to secure his third save of the campaign.

Senior Sean Donahue was three-for-five in the game with a triple, two runs, three RBIs, and a walk.

First-year Jaxon Knutson added a three-for-four day at the plate with two runs and an RBI.

First-year James O'Connor finished the contest two-for-four with two doubles and two stolen bases, while scoring one run and driving in a run.

Highlights & Scoring Recap

CWRU took a lead in the top of the first when Donahue led the inning off with a triple and scored on a two-out double by O'Connor.

John Carroll answered with three runs in the bottom of the first to take a two-run lead.

The Spartans had a quick response in the top of the second inning to take the lead back. Knutson singled with one out, moved to second on a two-out single by first-year Elijah Sledge, and scored on a base hit by Donahue. Graduate student Eli Westrick followed with a two-run double, scoring both Sledge and Donahue to put CWRU in front 4-3.

In the top of the third, senior Matt Trout doubled with one out and scored a batter later on a base hit by junior Nate Arterburn to give the Spartans a 5-3 advantage.

The Blue Streaks would go on to take the lead back with three runs in the bottom of the third and one in the fourth to go ahead 7-5.

Arterburn doubled with two outs in the fifth and came around to score on a run-scoring single from Knutson.

First-year Collin Pool was hit by a pitch to start the sixth, advanced to second on a balk, and scored on a double by Sledge to tie the game at 7-7.

After John Carroll scored in the bottom of the frame to take a one-run lead back, O'Connor opened the seventh with a double and scored on a base hit by Trout to tie the game again, and after loading the bases, Pool put the Spartans back in front with a sacrifice fly. Donahue added a two-run single later in the frame to give CWRU an 11-8 advantage.

John Carroll scored a run in the eighth and ninth innings, cutting the Spartans' lead to a run, but Shetty left the potential game-tying and winning runs on base to lock down the win for CWRU.

Spartan Notes

The Spartans recorded their 17th consecutive season with a .500 or better record with Sunday's win.

The Spartans have won nine of their last 11 games against the Blue Streaks, taking two of the three meetings this year after splitting a doubleheader at Nobby's Ballpark earlier in the season.

Junior Tyler Stillson started and struck out three batters in the game, finishing the year with 75 strikeouts, tied for the fourth-most in a campaign in program history.

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Sunday's game concluded the 2026 season for the Spartans.