April 27, 2009

Box Score

BALTIMORE, MD - The Johns Hopkins baseball team put away the Stevenson Mustangs early, with 10 runs after two innings, to secure a 24-5 win. The Blue Jays (22-13) had 27 hits in the game. Junior starter Matt Wiegand went five innings for Hopkins, allowing just three hits. Hopkins had six home runs across eight innings and fell two hits short of tying the conference single-game hit record (29). The Blue Jays have hit 62 homers this season eight short of the Blue Jays' CC record from 2005 (70).

The Blue Jays gave up a pair of long balls to start the game, but got out of the inning with a 2-0 deficit.

Dave Kahn had an infield single to reach, Dan Merzel walked and Todd Emr singled to load the bases in the first for Hopkins. Ryan Biner flew out to right field and got Kahn home to score the first run. With two on, Brian Youchak homered to bring home Merzel and Emr. Lee Bolyard doubled afterwards and Chris Huisman singled to plate Bolyard. Zach Small had the final hit of the inning as Huisman hustled home for the sixth run of the inning.

Emr and Biner each had hits in the second to load the bases for Bolyard. Bolyard got the grand slam for the Blue Jays, pushing Hopkins into a 10-2 lead with one out. A double-play ended the inning.

A single from Emr in the third put Small across the plate for the 11-2 lead.

With two outs in the fourth, George Papauchis launched a home run to give Stevenson a third run after the third solo home run of the game for the Mustangs.

Jesse Sikorski smacked a homer to right center in the fourth to score Bolyard with one out, giving the Blue Jays a 13-3 lead.

Senior Pete Smith entered in relief of starter Matt Wiegand in the sixth inning. Wiegand struck out four and walked just two batters in five innings on the mound in his first career start.

An error by second base in the sixth would give the Mustangs their first base runner since the third inning with no outs. A two-out single by Griffin Stewart put Justin Anderson on third. A big play by Emr at third ended the winning with no damage.

Matthew Bernardi singled to center field in the sixth to plate Dave Garber and Small before Steve Bejsiuk and James Teta loaded the bases to bring up Biner. Biner singled to score another run. Bejsiuk and Teta each scored with Mike Aspegren's sacrifice fly to center field as the center fielder over-threw to third. Bolyard was next with a double to center to score Biner for six runs on six hits in the sixth inning.

In the seventh, pinch-hitter Dan Leonard hit a two-RBI home run to score the final two runs for Stevenson and made it a 19-5 ball game.

The Blue Jays would score three more runs in the seventh with a home run from Garber and a single from Swarr. The third run of the inning was walked in by the Mustangs.

Garber had a second homer in the eighth that was followed by a long ball from Small to tally the final runs of the game for the 24-5 Blue Jay victory.

Lee Bolyard went 3-for-5 with a home run and five RBI, while Todd Emr went 3-for-3. Dave Garber also went 3-for-3 with a single and a pair of home runs.

Henry Striegl got the first at-bat by a Hopkins pitcher this spring. The senior sent a ball up the middle, but grounded out to second to end the eighth inning.

Hopkins will face regional powerhouse Salisbury on Tuesday, April 28 at Homewood. Come out and support the Blue Jays as first pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.