The Basics
• Score: JHU - 7, St. Lawrence - 3
• Records: Johns Hopkins (9-6) • St. Lawrence (1-5)
• Location: Fort Myers, FL (Player Development Center)
• Pitching Decision: W - Sean McCracken (3-1) • L - Patrick Greenan (0-1)
• The Short Story: Led by four RBIs from Zach Jaffe, the Johns Hopkins baseball team won its second straight game as the Blue Jays defeated St. Lawrence, 7-3, on Wednesday afternoon.

How it Happened
• James Cronin put the Saints on the board in the second as his RBI double scored Tyler Guido to give St. Lawrence a 1-0 lead.
• The Saints added two more runs in the second inning on a two-RBI single from Brendon Frank to go up 3-0.
• JHU got to within one run in the bottom of the frame as Tim Kutcher worked his second walk of the day and advanced to second on a single from Jaffe. Alex Darwiche reached on a fielder's choice to put runners on first and second for Mike Smith who doubled to left to score Jaffe and Darwiche.
• Kutcher led off the bottom of the fifth with another walk and scored on Jaffe's homer to left which gave the Blue Jays their first lead of the day at 4-3.
• Back-to-back singles to lead off the sixth for St. Lawrence put McCracken in a jam, however, he got a fielder's choice which put runners on the corners with one out. Nick Bodner came out of the pen and got the next two batters swinging to preserve the one-run lead.
• Jaffe knocked in two more runners in the sixth as Mike Eberle and Chris DeGiacomo scored on his two-out single to left to make the score 6-3.
• With the bases loaded in the eighth, Smith was hit by a pitch to score DeGiacomo and increase the Hopkins lead to 7-3.
• Bodner gave up a bunt single with one out in the ninth, but he got the final two outs to give Johns Hopkins the 7-3 win.

Team Leaders
Johns Hopkins:
Hits: Jaffe (3)
RBI: Jaffe (4)
Strikeouts: Bodner (4)

St. Lawrence:
Hits: Guido (2)
RBI: Frank (2)
Strikeouts: Greenan, Ferraro (3)

What it Means
• The Blue Jays improve to 3-1 against the Saints.

Inside the Box Score
• With his hit in the third, Jaffe extended his team-leading hit streak to 11 games. For the game, he went 3-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored. • Kutcher reached base four times in the game (three walks, one HBP) and scored one run.
• Smith and Eberle each registered two hits in the game for Hopkins as the Blue Jays out-hit the Saints by a 9-8 margin.
• McCracken went 5.1 innings allowing seven hits and three runs. He walked none and struck out one. Bodner went the final 3.2 innings allowing just one hit with one walk and four strikeouts for the save.

Up Next
• Johns Hopkins returns to the field tomorrow for a 9 am game against Denison.

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