Box Score

Game Information
Score: Johns Hopkins 8, Bethel 5
Records: Bethel (3-2) Johns Hopkins (2-5-1)
Location: Player Development Complex; Ft. Myers, FL
Time of Game: 3:00
Weather: 80 degrees, sunny
Attendance: 68
Pitchers of Record: W- Ross Lazicky (1-0)
L- Tyler Heitmann (1-1)
S- Alex Ross (1)

How it Happened:
-Bethel got on the scoreboard first when Esteban Velascoss hit an RBI double to plate Brandon Meyer in the bottom of the second inning.
- Hopkins knotted the game at one apiece in the top of the fourth on a clutch, 2-out double from Mitch Weaver.
- The contest remained 1-1 until Bethel put up a three-spot in the home half of the seventh to go ahead 4-1. The big blow in the inning was an RBI double off the bat of Bret Neuville.
- After struggling to solve Bethel starting pitcher Tyler Heitmann for seven innings, the Hopkins bats finally came alive in the top of the eighth. After singles from Raul Shah, Daniel Albert and Mike Smith, Weaver played the role of hero with another clutch two-out extra-base hit. The senior captain hit his second home run of the season to give Hopkins its first lead of the game, 6-4.
- Bethel cut the JHU lead in half during the bottom of the eighth when Meyer ledoff with a walk and came around to score on a wild pitch before Alex Ross came in to get the last out of the inning.
- The Jays added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the ninth when Albert sent a pitch well over the right field wall for a two-run home run.
- Ross pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first-career save.

JHU Highlights:
- Early in the game, Shah made a fantastic catch in foul territory while sliding.
- Carter Burns started his third game of the season for Hopkins and struck out five in a season-best six innings of work. The senior captain recorded nine straight outs starting in the third and continuing into the sixth inning.
- Hopkins did not commit an error for the second time this season
- After Ross struck out a batter to get the second out in the ninth, Weaver caught a baserunner between first and second base and threw him out to end the game.

Team Leaders:
Johns Hopkins:
Hits: Shah (3)
Runs: Lin, Albert, Shah (2)
RBI: Weaver (4)
SB: none
Strikeouts: Burns (5)

Bethel:
Hits: Neuville (2)
Runs: five with one
RBI: four with one
SB: Marquardt, Neuville (1)
Strikeouts: Heitmann (8)

The Facts:
- JHU improved to 4-1 all-time vs. the Royals.
- The Blue Jays recorded double-digit hits (12) for the first time in 2016.
- Hopkins is now 34-10 in Florida since 2012.
- Burns now has 180 career strikeouts, the ninth most all-time for a Blue Jay.

Quoteable: "I think we played a pretty complete game today," said Weaver. "Our pitching was solid, the defense made some big plays and we finally got big hits. Momentum is a big thing in baseball and I'm excited to see how we can take today's win against a good Bethel team and keep building."

Up Next: Hopkins returns to action tomorrow morning when it looks to win two in a row for the first time this season. The Jays will square off against Edgewood with first pitch scheduled for 9am in Ft. Myers.

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