The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins - 7, Stevens - 0
• Records: JHU (6-3) • Stevens (4-6)
• Pitching Decision: W – Peter Schaefer (2-0) • L – Leo Bristow (0-2)
• The Short Story: Peter Schaefer and Jonah Offman combine on a three-hit shutout in the Blue Jays 7-0 victory over Stevens on Saturday afternoon.  

How it Happened
    The Blue Jays picked up their fourth-straight victory on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Stevens Ducks by a final score of 7-0. Freshman Peter Schaefer earned his second career win, pitching five innings, allowing just two hits and striking out three. Junior reliever Jonah Offman was even better, striking out nine in four innings, allowing just one hit to combine with Schaefer on the first shutout of the season for JHU. 
    The Blue Jay offense did their part, racking up five extra-base hits in the win. Mike Eberle, Matthew Ritchie and James Ingram each had multi-hit games for the Jays. 
    The Hopkins offense got on the board in the bottom of the third inning. With two outs, Ritchie skied a ball high in the air, staying up in the wind on a breezy day in Baltimore, and falling in for a hit. Chris Festa proceeded to drive a ball into the gap, bouncing over the wall for an RBI ground-rule double. 
    JHU put up a crooked number in the fifth, scoring three runs to extend the lead to 4-0. Dillon Bowman led the inning off with a hit-by-pitch. After a diving catch in left robbed Eberle of a hit, Ritchie drew a walk to put runners on first and second with one away. Festa flied out to center, but the Blue Jays went to work with two outs. AJ King singled through the left side, loading up the bases for Austin Sacks. Sacks roped a ball into right field, scoring Bowman and Ritchie to make it a 3-0 lead. Ingram flared a single into left and King came around to score and the Jays led 4-0 after five. 
    In the sixth, Eberle hit another liner, this one into the gap in left-center for a two-out double. Ritchie poked one into right, scoring the senior captain for a 5-0 lead. 
    As Offman continued to mow down Duck hitters, the Blue Jay offense tacked on two more insurance runs in the eighth. Bowman drew a one-out walk, coming around to score on Eberle's third extra-base hit of the game, this one a triple. Ritchie hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Eberle to give the Blue Jays a 7-0 lead. 
    
Inside the Box Score
• In his last two appearances out of the bullpen, Offman has struck out 19 batters in nine innings. The junior has pitched 9.2 innings this season, allowing five hits and two runs while striking out 20 batters. 
• Eberle picked up his third multi-hit game of the season. The senior third baseman had two doubles and a triple today, scoring two runs and picking up an RBI. Eberle is up to .316 on the season, driving in eight runs and scoring 11. 
• Ingram went 2-4 at the plate, earning his first multi-hit game of the season. The sophomore has a hit in eight of nine games, only being held hitless in the Marietta loss last Friday. Ingram is hitting .300 with seven RBI's this season. 
• The Blue Jays defeated Stevens for the first time in program history after losing the first four meetings between the schools. 

Up Next
• JHU hits the road for the first time this season, heading to Salisbury, MD to take on the Sea Gulls. The game is slated for 1:00 p.m. first pitch and slots the #22 Blue Jays against the #9 Sea Gulls.