BALTIMORE, MD – The No. 3-ranked Johns Hopkins baseball team squared off against Haverford (14-12, 3-6) in a Sunday afternoon doubleheader sweeping the Fords 12-7 in the morning game and 19-6 in the nightcap.
Game 1
Haverford jumped out to an early six-run lead in the second inning, highlighted by a grand slam from Harry Genth with the bases loaded.
Hopkins (27-3, 8-1) was quiet through the first four innings but stormed back with seven unanswered runs—three in the fifth and four in the sixth.
Jimmy Stevens got the Blue Jays on the board with a two-run homer to right-center, followed by a solo shot from
Dylan Whitney to cut the deficit in half after five innings.
With momentum building, Hopkins loaded the bases in the sixth. An error by Haverford's third baseman allowed a run to score and kept the inning alive.
Clay Hartje added a sacrifice fly to make it a one-run game, and Whitney delivered a go-ahead two-RBI single to right, giving Hopkins its first lead of the afternoon.
After a rough start,
Kieren Collins settled in and held Haverford scoreless over 3.1 innings before handing the ball to
Ryan Anderson. Although Anderson gave up a single that allowed the Fords to tie the game at seven in the sixth, the run was charged to Collins, resulting in a no-decision.
The Blue Jays wasted no time regaining the lead in the seventh.
Jacob Harris led off the inning with a triple, and
Alex Shane drove him in with a double.
Shawn Steuerer followed with another double, and Shane scored on a wild pitch.
Dillon Souvignier then tripled—the second of the inning—bringing in Steuerer. Stevens capped the inning with his second two-run homer of the game, extending the lead to five.
Anderson (3-1) earned the win in relief, tossing 2.1 innings, striking out four while allowing just one hit and one walk.
Grant Meert retired the final four batters to secure the Hopkins victory.
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
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Jimmy Stevens powered the Blue Jay offense with his second multi-home run game of the season. He tallied four RBIs, two hits and a game-leading three runs scored.
Dylan Whitney followed closely, driving in three runs on two hits.
• Five Blue Jays turned in multi-hit performances:
Jacob Harris,
Alex Shane,
Dillon Souvignier,
Jimmy Stevens and
Dylan Whitney. Shane and Souvignier led the group with three hits each.
• Souvignier has hit safely in 10 of the last 11 games,
Jimmy Stevens in nine of the last 10 and
Caleb Cyr has scored at least one run in eight consecutive games.
Game 2
Hopkins wasted no time asserting themselves in the second game of the day, jumping out to an early lead. With the bases loaded in the first inning,
Jimmy Stevens tripled to clear the bases and put the Blue Jays up 3-0. Stevens later came around to score on a bloop single from
Lukas Geer.
Dylan Whitney capped the inning with a sacrifice fly to center, extending the lead to 5-0.
After allowing back-to-back solo home runs to open the bottom of the first, starter
Quinn Rovner quickly settled in, retiring the next three batters to preserve the lead.
Haverford rallied in the third, fueled by Harry Genth's second home run of the game—a two-run shot that cut the deficit to one. Anthony Runfola followed with a solo homer to tie the game at 5-5.
Hopkins wasted no time responding. The Blue Jays erupted for seven runs in the fourth.
Shawn Steuerer reclaimed the lead with a double that scored
Jacob Harris.
Dillon Souvignier added an RBI single, and
Clay Hartje followed with an RBI groundout to make it 8-5. A throwing error by the Fords' shortstop allowed Souvignier to score, and Harris blew the inning open with a bases-clearing triple, giving Hopkins a 12-5 lead.
The offensive onslaught continued in the fifth, as the Jays tacked on four more runs. Steuerer and Stevens each launched solo home runs, while
Jake Siani added an RBI double down the right-field line. Hartje later scored on another Haverford throwing error, pushing the lead to 16-5.
The Fords added a run in the bottom half, but Souvignier answered with a two-run homer in the sixth.
Jackson Roloff joined the home run parade with a solo shot, capping the scoring at 19-6.
William Boneno earned the win, improving to 3-0 on the season after throwing two innings and allowing just one run on one hit with three strikeouts.
William Hancock made his collegiate debut in the win, pitching a scoreless inning while surrendering just one hit and one walk, and notching his first career strikeout.
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
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Jimmy Stevens led the Blue Jay offense with a home run, four RBIs and two hits.
Jacob Harris and
Dillon Souvignier followed close behind with three RBIs each. The 19 runs scored mark the team's highest-scoring game of the season and the most since May 19, 2024, when Hopkins scored 19 against Arcadia in the NCAA Regional.
• Five Blue Jays turned in multi-hit performances:
Jacob Harris,
Alex Shane,
Shawn Steuerer,
Dillon Souvignier and Stevens, all with two hits.
• Souvignier has now hit safely in 11 of the last 12 games, while Stevens has done so in 10 of the last 11.
The Blue Jays are back in action Monday, April 14 at Babb Field, taking on McDaniel in the second game of a home-and-home series with first pitch scheduled for 3:30 PM.