The Aurora University baseball team continued their 2025 spring trip at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational against John Carroll University on Wednesday morning. The Spartans led late but would fall 7-6 as John Carroll scored in the bottom of the ninth to the win.


Game Score: John Carroll University 7, Aurora University 6
Record: Aurora University 1-6 overall
Location: Winter Haven, Florida


- An early error followed by a double in the first had the Spartans behind 2-0.
- Brody Mac would put AU ahead in the top of the second when he hit a bases clearing double.
- After JCU tied the game in the bottom of the second, AU grabbed the lead back in the third.
- A leadoff walk for Riley Logan saw him score on a Ryan Buck double for a 4-3 AU lead.
- The wildness continued as JCU scored twice in the bottom of the inning to lead the Spartans 5-4 after three.
- The game remained 5-4 JCU until the seventh when Logan hit a solo home run to tie the score up 5-5.
- In the eighth, Dominick Curcio singled with one out and later scored on a sac fly from Will Sevier.
- AU led 6-5 with six outs to play.
- A two-out infield single in the bottom of the inning allowed the tying run to cross as the game was tied once again 6-6.
- A one out error which was sandwiched around a pair of strikeouts allowed the bottom of the ninth to continue to JCU and the running eventually scored after a pair of singles.
- AU fell in heartbreaking fashion 7-6.


HITTING
HITS: Dominick Curcio, Ryan Buck and Matthew Washington (2)
DOUBLE: Ryan Buck, Dominicak Curcio and Brody Mac (1)
HOME RUN: Riley Logan (1)
RUNS: Dominick Curcio and Riley Logan (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Brody Mac (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Ryan Buck (2.2), Mason Ishii (5.0) and Adrian Ruiz (1.0)
DECISIONS: Adrian Ruiz (loss, 0-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Mason Ishii (5)