BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins baseball team hosted Johnson & Wales in its fifth game of the season Saturday afternoon, downing the Wildcats 12-2. The Blue Jay offense beat up on every pitcher Johnson & Wales threw its way, scoring all 12 runs in the first six innings on three different pitchers.
 
The Blue Jays (5-0) first batter of the game, Dylan Whitney, drove a ball to deep right field to give Hopkins a one-run lead – his first of the season. A pair of defensive miscues then allowed the Wildcats (0-2) to even the game at one-a-piece, before Dillon Souvignier doubled down the line in the bottom-half of the third to regain the lead; one Hopkins kept for the remainder of the contest.
 
Hopkins plated an additional nine runs between the fifth and sixth inning, assuring the victory. To match the intensity of the Blue Jay offense, Kieren Collins earned his second win of the season, accumulating eight of his nine strikeouts in his first four innings of work.
 
Blue Jay relievers Tyler Sugrim, Thomas Cancian and Cole Eggleston followed suit, throwing three innings of scoreless baseball to make the victory official.
 
The Blue Jays are back in action Tuesday, March 4 at home with a matchup against Marymount at 3 PM.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins

• Whitney hit his first long ball of the season to lead off the first inning, finishing the contest with two hits and a game-high five RBIs.
 
• Collins improved to 2-0 on the season striking out nine, surrendering seven hits in six innings of work.
 
• Blue Jay relievers threw three scoreless innings to keep Collins win in-tact.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johnson & Wales

• Jeffrey Valdez Jimenez led the Wildcats offense with a three-hit night, driving in one of two runs scored.
 
• Ryan Schultz suffered the loss in his first start of the season, giving up three runs on five hits and six free bases over four innings of work.
 
• Johnson & Wales moves to 0-2 on the season, losing both games Saturday afternoon.