GAME ONE
• Score: Johns Hopkins - 6, McDaniel - 7
• Records: JHU (17-13, 7-4 CC) • MCD (18-13, 3-8 CC)
• Pitching Decision: W: Valentine (4-0) • L – Savedoff (4-1)
• The Short Story: The Blue Jays scored three runs in the sixth inning to take a 5-4 lead over the Green Terror, but a three-run bottom half of the inning was enough to earn McDaniel a home victory over Johns Hopkins on Tuesday evening. 

How it Happened
• After 1-2-3 first innings for both Matt Savedoff and Ryan Martino, Jack Pausic gave the Blue Jays an early lead in the second. The senior second baseman drove a pitch the opposite way, carrying over the wall for the first run of the contest. Martino retired the next three Blue Jays and Savedoff went 1-2-3 again, retiring the first six batters he faced.
• Hopkins made it 2-0 in the top of the third inning with Dylan Whitney leading off the inning with a single to right. James Ingram bunted Whitney into scoring position and Matthew Cooper brought the freshman shortstop home with an RBI double to the left center gap. The Green Terror responded in the bottom of the inning, cutting the deficit to 2-1. With two outs and nobody on, Billy Wheatley singled up the middle. Savedoff hit Shane Daly, putting a pair of runners on for Tyler Yohn. Yohn took advantage, singling to center to score Wheatley and get McDaniel on the board. 
• McDaniel jumped ahead in the bottom of the fourth inning, taking a 3-2 lead. Austin Goudeaux walked and Jake Smith singled to put two on with nobody out for Bayne. Jack Bayne singled up the middle, scoring Goudeaux and moving Smith to third. TJ McGuire reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Smith and putting the Green Terror on top. Savedoff struck out the next two batters to end the threat. McDaniel added one more in the fifth to extend the lead to 4-2, getting a leadoff triple from Daly and an RBI groundout from Joey Hubinger. 
• The Jays scored three runs on four hits in the sixth inning, retaking the lead, 5-4. After Martino retired the first batter, Steuerer reached on an infield single and moved up to third on a double from Jared deFaria. Pausic hit a sac fly to center, scoring Steuerer and cutting the deficit to 4-3. Sam Frank doubled to center, scoring deFaria and tying the contest at 4-4. Jack Valentine entered the game for Martino. Valentine hit AJ King with a pitch before allowing an RBI single to Tripp Myers, a run that would be attributed to Martino. Valentine retired Whitney to end the inning with the Jays on top 5-4.
• In the bottom of the sixth, Smith led off the inning with a single for McDaniel. Bayne reached on a bunt and McGuire walked to load the bases with no outs. Savedoff got a strikeout, but walked in a run with one out, tying the game at 5-5. Savedoff got a ground ball with one out with Whitney flipping it to Pausic for the second out of the inning, but Pausic threw it away looking to end the inning on a double play. Bayne scored from third while McGuire came around from second on the errant throw to make it 7-5. 
• JHU got a run closer in the eighth inning, making it 7-6, but ultimately couldn't get home the tying run in the eighth or ninth innings. The Jays loaded up the bases with just one out in the eighth inning, getting Whitney up to the plate. The freshman grounded it sharply to third, scoring Frank, but the Green Terror got an out at third base to make it first and second with two outs. Dillon Souvignier reached base after pinch-hitting, but Cooper grounded into a fielder's choice to end the inning. Steuerer and Pausic reached base in the ninth, but a double play ended the Blue Jays comeback effort. 

Inside the Box Score
• The Blue Jays sit in third place in the Centennial Conference standings, dropping another game back from current Centennial leaders Swarthmore and Franklin & Marshall (9-2).
• Now with 30 career games under his belt, Steuerer is hitting .400/.445/.713 with nine doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 24 RBI. Steuerer has a chance to become the first Blue Jay freshman to hit .400 since the switch to BBCOR bats was made in 2011. 
• Despite missing five games, Pausic's home run ties him for the team lead with seven bombs. Pausic is hitting .330/.431/.670 with eight doubles, seven homers and 25 RBI. 

What's Next
• Johns Hopkins will host McDaniel for the return trip on Friday afternoon at 330 pm.