GAME ONE
• Score: Johns Hopkins - 6, Middlebury College - 5
• Records: JHU (8-5) • MC (2-3)
• Pitching Decision: W: SavedoffÂ
(2-0) • L – Rosario (1-1) • Save: Roh (1)
• The Short Story: Johns Hopkins used a three-run fourth inning to pull ahead of Middlebury on Sunday morning, earning a 6-5 win and snapping a two-game skid.Â
How it Happened
• Middlebury scored in the top of the first after a pair of singles and a passed ball. In the bottom half,
Isaiah Winikur singled to right to lead off the inning. Alex Rosario tried to pick off Winikur, but the throw was errant and Winikur moved up all the way to third.
Jared deFaria hit a fly ball to center, deep enough to score Winikur and tie the game with a sac fly.Â
• After a shutdown top half of the second from
Matt Savedoff, the Jays tacked on two more in the bottom.
Matthew Cooper doubled to left-center and advanced to third on an infield single from
Sam Browning.
James Ingram was hit by a pitch and the Jays had the bags full with no outs.
Eli Fahnestock drew a walk, picking up the RBI to score Cooper and give Hopkins the lead. Rosario got Winikur to bounce into a double play, but Browning scored a 3-1 Jays lead.Â
• Middlebury added runs in the third and fourth, ultimately tying the contest at 3-3. In the third, Alec Ritch singled, stole second and advanced up to third on a throwing error from Ingram. Savedoff got Mitchell Schroeder to ground out, but Ritch scored to make it 3-2. In the fourth, Sammy Smith led off with a triple and scored on an RBI groundout from Chris Borter.
• The tie game didn't last long as Hopkins answered right back with two runs of their own. Rosario struck out the first two batters of the inning, but the Jays two-out rally began with a single to left off the bat of Ingram. Fahnestock drew his second walk of the game and then
Tripp Myers laced a ball into right-center for an RBI single, giving the Jays a 4-3 lead. Myers swiped second, putting runners on second and third for Jimmy Stevens. Stevens hit it sharply towards third. It was fielded cleanly by Nathan Samii, but an errant throw left Stevens safe at first and Fahnestock scored to make it 5-3. deFaria added a single through the left side, scoring Myers to give the Blue Jays a three-run lead.Â
• After three consecutive scoreless innings from Savedoff, it was
Hyunwoo Roh's turn to start the eighth. Roh issued a free pass to Ritch who advanced to third on a double from Jack Stolper. Roh struck out Schroeder and then got a fly ball from John Collins. Ritch scored on the sac fly from Collins to make it a two-run game. Now with two away, Smith singled up the middle, scoring Stolper to make it 6-5. Ingram threw out Smith trying to steal to end the inning.Â
 • It remained Roh's game in the ninth and he was able to work out of another jam to preserve a 6-5 victory. Roh got Ritch to fly out with runners on first and third to end the game.Â
Inside the Box Score
• Savedoff did his job on the mound once again, earning his second career win in his second career start, Savedoff went 7.0 innings, allowing just four hits and two earned runs. The freshman struck out five and has now thrown a team-best 27.1 innings with a 1.65 ERA and 26 strikeouts.Â
• Fahnestock drew three walks in the contest and picked up his first career RBI.Â
• deFaria drove in a pair of runs, giving him two multi-RBI games this year.Â
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GAME TWO
• Score: Johns Hopkins - 9, Trinity (CT) - 10
• Records: JHU (8-6) • Trinity (3-2)
• Pitching Decision: W: McGrath (2-0) • L: Dillard (1-2)
• The Short Story: Hopkins made a furious rally, scoring six unanswered in the late innings, but the Jays ultimately fell to Trinity, 10-9 in game two of Sunday's doubleheader.Â
How it Happened
• Hopkins scored in the first after
Jack Walters crushed a one-out triple to the fence in center. Walters came home on a sacrifice fly from
Tripp Myers to put the Jays ahead early.
• Trinity scored three off Jays starter
Matthew Dillard in the second. After back-to-back singles, Colin Mann hit a two-run double to left center. Bennett Teceno brought in Mann with a sacrifice fly to give Trinity a 3-1 lead.
• JHU tied it in the third, getting another triple, this time from
Dillon Souvignier, his first career hit.
Jake Siani drew a walk, putting runners on the corners. Matt Chang lofted a fly ball to left and brought home Souvignier with a sac fly. Siani swiped second and moved up 90 more feet after a bad throw into center. Myers singled to right-center, driving in another and tying the game at 3-3.
• The Jays' lead didn't last long as Trinity went up 4-3 in the third. James Stefanowicz walked and stole second before scoring on an RBI double from Patrick Dillon.Â
• The wheels fell off in the fifth inning for Hopkins after Dillard struck out the first two batters of the inning. Trinity racked up five straight hits, including two doubles, to score four runs and chase Dillard from the game.
Justin Nam entered the game and allowed a double and then saw a run score on an error before ending the six-run inning down 10-3.Â
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Sam Frank opened the sixth inning with a double to the gap in right-center. Frank moved up on a flyout and scored on a sac fly from
Caleb Cyr. Souvignier smacked a home run over the wall in right to make it 10-5.Â
• Hopkins scored two more in the eighth, getting the deficit to three before their final opportunity. Frank and
Dylan Whitney drew back-to-back one-out walks, forcing Cooper McGrath from the contest. A wild pitch moved the runners up 90 feet before Souvignier continued his hot day at the plate with a two-run single.Â
• The Jays made it as interesting as possible in the ninth, cutting it to one with the tying run on third. Justin Olsen came in to pitch for Trinity and immediately hit Chang. Walters singled to left, putting two on with no outs. Myers singled to right again, driving in Chang and making it 10-8.
Shawn Steuerer pinch-hit and was hit by a pitch, loading the bases and forcing Olsen from the game. Tyler Colditz induced back-to-back flyouts with Whitney picking up an RBI on a sac fly. A wild pitch put the tying run on third and the leading run at second with
Jack Pausic up at the plate, but Colditz struck him out to end it.Â
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Inside the Box Score
• Myers drove in three runs in the game, taking over the team lead in RBI with 14.Â
• Making his first career start, Souvignier went 3-4 with a homer, a triple, a single and three RBI. The freshman finished a double shy of the cycle.Â
• Frank hit a pair of doubles in the game, giving him six doubles on the season and seven of his nine hits have been for extra bases.Â
• The Blue Jays stole four bases with Siani nabbing two and Chang and Myers swiping one each.Â
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Trevor Davis held the line out of the bullpen for the Jays, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings to give the comeback a chance.Â