BALTIMORE, MD – The No. 3-ranked Johns Hopkins baseball team hosted Marymount in its sixth game of the season Tuesday afternoon, routing the Saints 10-2. The Blue Jay offense proved too powerful for the Saints' pitching staff, launching seven solo shots over the course of six innings.
Dylan Whitney provided Hopkins (6-0) the first run of the contest as he launched a lead off home run.
Dillon Souvignier plated the second run of the inning on a ground-rule double, scoring
Shawn Steuerer. Marymount (8-2) cut into the lead in the top-half of the third, by way of the long ball, before
Caleb Cyr returned the favor in the bottom-half, launching a moonshot over the center field wall.
The Blue Jays scored seven of their 10 runs in the middle three innings on an additional five home runs, extending the lead to nine before surrendering a run in the top-half of the ninth.
The Blue Jays are back in action Saturday, March 8 at home in a double-header against Cortland with the first pitch scheduled for noon.
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Hopkins launched seven solo shots en route to the Tuesday afternoon victory. Souvignier added a pair of home runs, clubbing his first two of the season.
• Five starters recorded a multi-hit game: Whitney, Steuerer, Souvignier,
Jimmy Stevens and
Clay Hartje, with Souvignier holding the team-lead in hits (14).
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Quinn Rovner moved to 2-0 on the season, retiring nine of 10 batters faced, giving up a lone run on a long ball to Joshmar Carbonell.
• In a bullpen game, Blue Jay pitching staff worked the final six innings, surrendering three hits and combined for seven strikeouts.
Inside the Box Score – Marymount
• Carbonell led the Saints offense with a home run and a walk, with Jonathan McMath (2) and Jack McCarthy (2) both recording a multi-hit game.
• David Muirhead (0-1) pitched four quality innings before surrendering a four-run fifth inning.
• The Saints move to 8-2 on the season with the loss to Hopkins.