GAME ONE
• Score: JHU - 2, St. John Fisher - 6
• Records: JHU (0-1) • SJF (1-0)
• Pitching Decision: W – Anthony Brophy (1-0) • L – Matthew Dillard (0-1)
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins baseball team dropped its season opener to St. John Fisher, starting the season with a loss for the first time since 2016.

How it Happened
• After Matthew Dillard struck out the side in the first inning, the Cardinals were able to get on the board in the second. Justin Graham roped a lead-off double, advancing to third on a groundout to second base. After striking out the next batter, Dillard allowed an RBI single to Ryan Simmons, giving St. John Fisher the early lead. 
• Another extra base hit started the third inning for the Cardinals, as nine-hole hitter, Stephen Edgett crushed a leadoff triple into the gap in right. Antony Mandova singled to left, driving in Edgett for a 2-0 lead. 
• In the bottom of the third, James Ingram crushed a solo shot to right, cutting the deficit in half. 
• Mantova struck again in the top of the fifth inning, cracking a double to right center, scoring Edgett from second. With two outs, Mantova stole third, scoring on a wild pitch moments later to earn a 4-1 lead for the Cardinals. 
• With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Mike Eberle laced a double down the left field line. Eberle came around to score as Chris Festa lined a pitch back up the middle, cutting the deficit to 4-2. 
• St. John Fisher added a pair of insurance runs in the ninth inning. Edgett picked up his third extra-base hit in the contest, doubling to right center, scoring Simmons and Noah Campanelli. 

 Inside the Box Score
• Festa went 2-2 in the game with a pair of single and two walks in the contest. 
• Junior right fielder Austin Sacks picked up three hits on the day, a double and two singles. 
• Dillard earned the loss, but struck out six batters in four innings, allowing just two hits. 
• Brian Linton was strong out of the bullpen for JHU, striking out five batters over 4.1 innings, allowing two runs. 

GAME TWO
• Score: JHU - 7, St. John Fisher - 13
• Records: JHU (0-2) • SJF (2-0)
• Pitching Decision: W – Kenneth Westbrook (1-0) • L – Jaspar Carmichael (0-1)
• The Short Story: After trailing 6-5, St. John Fisher scored eight straight in the 8th and 9th innings, picking up a 13-7 victory in game two. The Blue Jays started the season 0-2 for the first time since 1987.

How it Happened
• St. John Fisher got to freshman starter Jack McRae early, as Allen Murphy ripped a two-run homer to right center, scoring Montova in the first inning. The Cardinals added a third run in the first, as Thomas Pasquale scored on a funky fielder's choice off the bat of Simmons. 
• JHU answered quickly in the bottom half of the inning. Matthew Ritchie, leading off in game two, crushed a ball over the right field fence to make it a 2-1 game. Eberle reached base, advanced on a wild pitch and was driven in by a Festa RBI single. 
• After five strong innings from RJ Kuruts, St. John Fisher went to the 'pen in the sixth. Festa picked up another single, followed by Dillon Bowman's first knock of the year. With one out, Ingram poked a single to right, loading the bases. After striking AJ King out, Alex Teska drilled back-to-back hitters, Jared deFaria and Brad Parsons, scoring the tying and leading runs for the Blue Jays. Kenneth Westbrook entered the game for the Cardinals and proceeded to walk Ritchie, putting JHU up 5-3. 
• SJF answered in the top of the seventh, tying the contest at 5-5. Ben Keever hit the lead-off batter, Murphy, sending head coach Bob Babb to the mound for a pitching change. With Jaspar Carmichael on to pitch, Murphy moved up to second on a wild pitch before coming around to score as Pasquale roped a ground-rule double. Brian Norsen snuck one through the infield, scoring Pasquale to tie the game up. 
• JHU took the lead, once again, as deFaria drew a bases-loaded walk to score Sacks. 
• The Cardinals blew it open in the top of the eighth inning. The first batter of the inning, Adam Zebrowski reached first on an error by Bowman. With two on and one out, Murphy sent one into the right center field gap, scoring both runs to retake the lead for the Cardinals. Jaykob Cave-Stevens replaced Carmichael, retiring the next batter. SJF scored three more runs with two outs in the inning, getting back-to-back jacks from Justin Graham and Norsen. 
• With David Glass on to pitch the ninth, the Cardinals added three more to ensure a sweep of the Blue Jays. 

 Inside the Box Score
• Festa went 4-5 in game two, giving him six hits on the day. 
• Freshman catcher Sam Frank picked up his first career hit and RBI, driving in Robby Faris with a ground-rule double in the ninth. 
• After a challenging first inning, McRae settled in, allowing just four hits over four innings and striking out three in his collegiate debut.

Up Next
• The Blue Jays return to Babb Field tomorrow, Sunday, February 23rd to take on Arcadia.