The Basics
• Score: JHU - 14, Old Westbury - 8
• Records: Johns Hopkins (8-6) • Old Westbury (4-4-1)
• Location: Fort Myers, FL (Terry Park #2)
• Pitching Decision: W- Nick Burns (1-0) • L - John Hill (0-1)
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins baseball team went down early to SUNY Old Westbury, however, the Blue Jays scored the next 13 runs as JHU won the game against the Panthers by a score of 14-8.

How it Happened
• The Panthers got to Nick Burns early in the first as John Condon singled home John Fogarty for the 1-0 lead.
• Old Westbury went up 3-0 in the second as Jonathan Dastagirzada and Joshua Cruz crossed the plate.
• Hopkins got a run back in the bottom of the frame on a Tim Kutcher single to left.
• JHU scored four runs in the third to take a 5-3 lead. Alex Darwiche and Chris Festa both walked and scored on a triple by Mike Ainsworth. Adam Kohl hit a sacrifice fly to score Ainsworth and Mike Smith scored the fourth run of the inning on a Panthers' error on a fly ball hit by Austin Sacks.
• The Blue Jays added three more runs in the fourth as Smith cleared the bases with a double to left to go up 8-3.
• A Mike Eberle single put JHU up 9-3 and Hopkins took an 11-3 advantage RBIs from Darwiche and Festa in the bottom of the fifth.
• RBIs from Sacks in the sixth and Smith in the seventh put Hopkins up 13-3.
• The Panthers put up two runs in the eighth, but JHU responded with a run in the eighth on an RBI single from Robby Faris.
• Old Westbury scored three runs in the top of the ninth to pull to within 14-8, but Seamus Ryan-Johnson would not let them get any closer as Hopkins took the game by a score of 14-8.

Team Leaders
Johns Hopkins:
Hits: Smith - 3
RBI: Smith - 4
Strikeouts: Burns - 4

Old Westbury:
Hits: John Condon - 3
RBI: Condon - 3
Strikeouts: Hill - 3

What it Means
• Hopkins is now 4-2 against the Panthers having won the two games.

• This was the first win for associate head coach Jonas Fester who was filling in head coach Bobb Babb.

Inside the Box Score
• Smith led Hopkins with three hits while Eberle, Kutcher and Ainsworth each notched two hits in the game. Smith also knocked in a team-high four RBI.
• Darwiche scored two runs in the game and also stole two bases. Kutcher also swiped two bases in the game.
• Burns went five innings allowing three runs (one earned) with seven hits, no walks and four strikeouts. John Donohue pitched two perfect innings of relief with one strikeout. David Glass and Seamus Ryan-Johnson combined to pitch the final two innings.

Up Next
• JHU has a day off before returning to action on Wednesday for a 12 pm game against St. Lawrence.

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