BALTIMORE, MD – The No. 4-ranked Johns Hopkins baseball team faced Hood College (6-15) Tuesday afternoon, walking off the Blazers 11-10. Blue Jays left fielder
Jacob Harris stroked a single to right field, scoring
Shawn Steuerer from second base, giving Hopkins the victory.
The Blazers jumped out to an early two-run lead, scoring a pair of runs in the first inning on a sacrifice fly and single. Hopkins (17-2) then claimed the lead in the bottom-half, plating three runs via a
Dillon Souvignier single and a Harris double.
The Blue Jays added an additional two runs apiece in the second and third, with three more coming in the fourth, extending the lead to seven on an
Alex Shane sacrifice fly, doubles from Steuerer and
Clay Hartje and a three-run bomb from Souvignier.
Trailing 10-3, Hood strung together four straight singles to begin the fifth inning, cutting Hopkins' lead to six. The Blazers right fielder then cleared the bases with a grand slam to right field, lowering the Jays lead to two, knotting the game up at 10, two innings later.
With the game knotted up at 10,
Grant Meert allowed a pair of singles, before walking the bases loaded in the ninth. However, Meert challenged the Blazers bats, striking out the side to escape the jam, eventually earning the win (1-0). Harris then delivered some Hopkins magic, roping a single to right field, scoring Steuerer, giving the Jays the walk-off victory.
The Blue Jays are back in action Wednesday, March 26 at Babb Field, taking on Catholic with first pitch scheduled for 6 PM.
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• With a single in the fourth inning,
Caleb Cyr extended his streak to 12 games.
• Seven different Blue Jays recorded a hit, with Steuerer, Souvignier, Harris and Hartje recording multi-hit games. Steuerer hit three doubles in the contest, with Souvignier driving in the most runs with four RBIs.
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Grant Meert earned the win (1-0), hurling the final inning, striking out the side to secure the victory. In relief,
Tyler Sugrim pitched two innings of scoreless baseball, allowing only two hits with
Cole Jefferson also throwing 1.2 innings, surrendering two runs.
Charles Monterrosa got the start, going 4.1 innings, allowing eight runs on seven hits with one walk and four strikeouts.