DANVILLE — John Wood Community College was six outs away from a three-game sweep of Danville Area Community College Jaguars in Mid-West Athletic Conference baseball.

The Trailblazers took a 10-5 lead into the bottom of the eighth when the Jaguars bats finally showed some life.

Connor Allen’s bases-loaded triple to right-center highlighted a seven-run frame as DACC rallied for a 12-10 win in the third game of the series at Danville Stadium.

“It still hurts to lose the series, but at least we didn’t get swept,’’ said Allen, a freshman from Paxton-Buckley-Loda. “We finally found a way. We started hit at the end of the third game.

“If we had hit like that in the first two games, those outcomes could have been different.’’

Before that eighth-inning outburst, the Jaguars (8-6 overall, 1-2 in the MWAC) had just six hits in 23 innings against Trailblazers’ pitching.

So, exploding for seven runs on five hits wasn’t exactly the game plan when the frame started.

“We had six outs to put something together and credit to the guys, we did it,’’ DACC first-year coach Michael Dalton said. “I was thinking let’s chip it down and give ourselves a chance with the final three outs.

“But, we got into a situation with the bases loaded and no outs and we called upon a freshman, Conner Allen, to come up with a big hit and he did.’’

Sophomore Neil Fertig got the frame started with a walk, followed by Seth Vautaw reaching when he was hit by a pitch and Ryan Black loaded the bases with a single.

John Wood brought in right-hander Luke Burling to face the pinch-hitter Allen, who belted a 1-2 fastball into the right-centerfield gap for a three-run triple.

“I was ready the whole day to get up there,’’ Allen said. “I was swinging in the cage in between innings just in case, I got that opportunity. It turned out well.

“We were kind of dead, and then a walk from Fertig and a couple of hits turned things around.’’

Coming up in that situation, Allen said his plan was simple.

“I was just thinking that I needed to put the ball in play,’’ he said. “A ground ball would get a run, a fly ball would get us a run and a hit could get us two runs or more.

“You have to think a little at a time, because you are going to get five runs in one at-bat.’’

Dalton said it turned into the perfect situation for Allen.

“We know that when he gets a fastball, he can run into one and send it pretty well,’’ Dalton said. “We were hoping for a big hit there and that’s exactly what we got.’’

Rennie Troggio, Bobby Hansen and Rhett Parham followed with run-scoring hits, Parham’s gave DACC an 11-10 lead and Fertig, who started the frame, capped it with a run-scoring ground out.

The Jaguars still had three outs to get, and earlier in the day the Trailblazers rallied from a two-run deficit in the ninth to win the second game of the series 8-6.

“I was just hoping for three quick outs, and let’s not give them any momentum,’’ Dalton said. “They took the momentum from us in the earlier game and we couldn’t let that happen again.’’

Former Schlarman standout Aaron Lewellyn, who came on for Westville’s David Toth in the sixth, retired John Wood in order in the ninth to preserve the victory.

“It had been a nine-inning battle and I wasn’t about to let us lose another game in the ninth,’’ said Lewellyn, who retired the final eight batters in a row. “Things did go our way in this series, but we were able to take one away at the end.’’

DACC entered conference play on a seven-game win streak but the Jaguars was held to just one hit in a 2-0 loss to the Trailblazers on Monday night.

“We knew this team was good, but we thought that if we handled our business we could get two wins,’’ Lewellyn said. “We ended up avoiding the sweep, and hopefully we some momentum back for the rest of the week.’’

DACC travels to South Suburban today before heading to Shawnee on Saturday and Benedictine University in Springfield on Sunday.