March 20, 2002

Box Score

FT. MYERS, Fla. -- Wooster, currently ranked 14th in the nation, plated two runs in the second and fourth innings and three more in the sixth and cruised to an 8-3 win over Johns Hopkins Tuesday night. The loss is the first for Hopkins in Florida and drops the Blue Jays' record to 7-3.

Hopkins got two runs in the first inning courtesy of a Joe Urban RBI-single and a Wooster error that plated another run on the same play. Despite having base runners in every inning except the ninth, the Blue Jays were only able to add a single run in the seventh as their modest three-game winning streak was snapped. A Mike DePalma RBI-single in the seventh accounted for the third run as he drove home Karl Sineath, who singled with two outs.

Sophomore Matt Righter took the loss on the mound for the Blue Jays. Righter pitched 5.2 innings and allowed 10 hits and seven earned runs. He walked three and struck out one.

Hopkins returns to action Wednesday afternoon against the University of Chicago.

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