March 11, 2013

Box Score

BALTIMORE, MD - The Johns Hopkins baseball team allowed eight runs in the third inning and never recovered Monday afternoon as it fell to Catholic, 13-6, at the JHU Baseball Diamond. Hopkins dropped to 5-1, while Catholic moved to 10-2 on the season.

Costly errors proved to be the undoing for the Jays, as it committed five blunders in the second and third innings combined. After giving up a home run to the Cardinals' Nick Clary, the visitors scored two more runs in the top of the second after three straight Hopkins errors in the infield.

Catholic continued to roll in the third inning after loading the bases on a double, a walk and a hit batsman. The Cards used a total of five hits, coupled with two Blue Jay errors, to take a dominating 11-1 lead.

Hopkins held the early advantage, 1-0, in the bottom of the first when Chris Casey tripled to bring home Chris Wilhelm. The Jays managed to score another run in the third, as Colin McCarthy knocked in Casey with a single. McCarthy was 3-for-3 in the game, while Casey was 2-for-4.

The Jays' Matthew Daum also notched his first career home run with a three-run shot in the bottom of the ninth to make the score 13-6.

Cardinal shortstop Dan Hinchcliff had a big day at the plate, batting 2-for-4 with three RBIs, while pitcher Robin Mowatt allowed two runs in six innings of work to earn the victory.

Hopkins will look to get back on track tomorrow as it hosts York on the JHU Baseball Diamond at 3:30 pm.

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