Box Score

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Game One Information

Score: Johns Hopkins 5, Swarthmore 0

Records: JHU (15-5, 1-0 CC), SWAT (7-14, 0-1 CC)

Location: Baltimore, MD • Stromberg Stadium

First Pitch: 12:32 p.m.

Weather: Mid-50s, cloudy

Attendance: 78

Pitchers of Record: W- Alex Ross (2-1), L- Charles Groppe (1-2)

Game One Summary

• The Blue Jays and the Garnet played through four scoreless innings, before Alex Ross struck out two for the fourth straight inning in the top of the fifth, racking up nine strikeouts through five innings. In the bottom of the fifth, Joe Conlon kicked things off for Hopkins with a single to left field before freshman Dillon Bowman hit his second home run to put the Blue Jays on the board.
• Johns Hopkins added another run in the bottom of the seventh. Facing Swarthmore's Ricky Conti, the Blue Jays loaded the bases as Jon Hayden singled to right field, TJ Gordon laid down a bunt for a single and Mike Eberle worked a walk. Brian Lin stepped up to the plate and singled to left center for the RBI.
• Hayden hit the second two RBI homer for Hopkins in the bottom of the eighth to extend JHU's lead to 5-0. With Mike Smith on first after being hit by a pitch and two outs, Hayden hit his first career home run over the right field fence for his third hit of the game.
• Alex Ross pitched a complete game shutout, surrendering just three hits in the game. The junior struck out a career-high 14 and walked just one for the Garnet. The eighth inning was the only inning in which Ross did not strike out a Swarthmore player; the southpaw struck out two in the second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth innings.

Game Two Information

Score: Johns Hopkins 5, Swarthmore 4

Records: JHU (16-5, 2-0 CC), SWAT (7-15, 0-2 CC)

Location: Baltimore, MD • Stromberg Stadium

First Pitch: 3:09 p.m.

Weather: 55 degrees, nw 14 mph wind

Attendance: 200

Pitchers of Record: W- Cameron Mineo (3-0), L- James Rutledge (0-3)

Game Two Summary

• The Garnet took advantage of an early Hopkins mistake in the second game, scoring two runs in the first inning. With one out, Swarthmore hit two singles and took advantage of a Blue Jay throwing error for its first run. Conor Elliott hit the third straight single for the Garnet, sending Wesley Fishburn home for the early 2-0 lead.
• Trailing 2-0, Hopkins scored four unearned runs in the bottom of the third inning. With two outs and Conor Reynolds on first base, Ryan Orgielewicz reached first on a fielding error by Swarthmore shortstop Max Grullon. Mike Smith worked a walk to load the bases before Reynolds rounded home on a wild pitch by Garnet starter Ryan Warm. Alex Darwiche homered to left field to clear the bases and give Hopkins the 4-2 lead.
• Swarthmore evened things up, 4-4, with runs in the fourth and eighth. In the top of the fourth, Matt Palmer laid down a sacrifice bunt to send Grullon home to cut JHU's lead to 4-3. The Garnet eliminated JHU's lead in the top of the eighth against Preston Betz. Betz struck out and walked the first two batters before a single from Grullon advanced Elliott to third base. Betz connected with Reynolds at second base to catch Grullon stealing before Cole Beeker singled up the middle for Elliott to score.
• Reynolds hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth for the Hopkins 5-4 win. With two outs, Brian Lin stole second to be in scoring position with Reynolds at the plate. The Garnet made a change in the outfield and Reynolds hit his single past the new right fielder Jared Gillen for the win.
• Cameron Mineo picked up his third win on the season, pitching the final 1.1 innings. Each of the three Blue Jay pitchers struck out at least one in the game. Starter Nick Burns struck out two in 5.0 innings pitched, giving up six hits and one earned run. Betz pitched 2.2 innings, recording three strikeouts and giving up six hits. Mineo closed out the game, striking out one Garnet batter.

Today's Team Leaders
Johns Hopkins:
Hits: Hayden, Lin (3)
Runs: Hayden, Smith (2)
RBI: Bowman (3)
Strikeouts: Ross (14)

Swarthmore:
Hits: Grullon, Beeker, Liu (3)
Runs: Four with (1)
RBI: Grullon, Beeker, Palmer (1)
Strikeouts: Warm, Rutledge (3)

Inside the Box Score
Ross Report
• Alex Ross pitched the first complete game shutout for the Blue Jays since Tyler Goldstein did so March 30, 2013 at Haverford. That game, against a 13^th-ranked Fords team, was also a Centennial Conference opener for Hopkins.
• Ross struck out 14 in today's game, topping his previous career best of 13. The southpaw is the first JHU player to ever record at least 12 strikeouts in three games, and he's done so in three consecutive starts.
• The junior is the first to strike out 14 for the Blue Jays since Joe Zaccaria in 2008.

Home Run Celebration
• Two Blue Jays hit two RBI home runs in the 5-0 first game win over Swarthmore. Dillon Bowman hit the ball out of the park for the second time in his career, knocking it over the right field fence onto University Parkway in the bottom of the fifth.
• Jon Hayden followed suit with a home run in the bottom of the eighth. Hayden's homer was his third hit of the game and first career home run.
• This marked the second three-hit game of Hayden's career. Heading into today's meeting with Swarthmore, the senior had four hits on the season and only six extra base hits in his career.
• In the 5-4 second game win over the Garnet, Alex Darwiche hit his first home run of the season, becoming the 11^th Blue Jay to homer in 2017. Darwiche stepped up to the plate with bases loaded in the bottom of third, but a wild pitch from Ryan Warm sent Conor Reynolds home.
• With two on and two outs, Darwiche knocked the ball over the left field fence for the three RBI home run.

What it Means
• Johns Hopkins swept improved to 17-6-1 in Centennial Conference openers with the 5-0 shutout over Swarthmore, returning to the win column after dropping three-straight conference openers.
• The Blue Jays improve to 81-40 all-time against the Garnet, extending their win streak to 12 straight games against Swarthmore.
• Conor Reynolds tied the Hopkins career walks record as he worked the count against Charles Groppe. With 90 career walks, Reynolds ties Joe Kail (94). The senior also ranks fourth in career at-bats with 523 and sixth in hits (188) and runs (156).

Up Next
• The Blue Jays will continue Centennial Conference play as they travel to Westminster, MD, Tuesday to take on McDaniel at 3:30 p.m.
• Hopkins will host the Green Terror Friday, April 7 at 3:30 p.m. in the second half of the series.

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