CARLISLE, PA – The No. 2-ranked Johns Hopkins baseball team faced Dickinson (13-16, 4-8) Friday afternoon, defeating the Red Devils 18-8. The Blue Jays used an 11-run seventh to power Hopkins to its 12^th-consecutive win.
 
Much like Tuesday's matchup, the Red Devils struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a pair of singles. Hopkins responded quickly in the second, as Jake Siani ripped a triple to score Jimmy Stevens and Dillon Souvignier, giving the Blue Jays a 2-1 advantage.
 
Hopkins (30-3, 11-1) added to its lead in the third with a Caleb Cyr RBI single followed by a two-run home run from Souvignier, pushing the score to 5-1.
 
Dickinson mounted a challenge in the fourth, loading the bases with one out and bringing home two runs on a two-out single to cut the deficit to 5-3.
 
The Blue Jays got those two runs back in the fifth. A perfectly placed bunt by Clay Hartje loaded the bases for Dylan Whitney, who brought home a run with a swinging bunt. With runners on the corners and one out, Siani's sacrifice fly to center scored Stevens to make it 7-3.
 
Starter Quinn Rovner settled in after allowing a run in the first inning, tossing two scoreless frames and retiring 8 of the next 11 batters. He ran into trouble in the fourth, giving up two more runs before handing the ball off to William Boneno in the fifth. Boneno retired the first five batters he faced but allowed two runs in the sixth. With two outs and the bases loaded, Kevin Schmidt delivered a bases-clearing double to left-center, giving the Red Devils their second lead of the game, 8–7.
 
Then came the seventh.
 
Whitney tied the game with an RBI single before Siani laid down a bunt to bring in the go-ahead run. Pinch-hitter Lukas Geer followed with a two-run double to extend the lead to 11-8. The floodgates opened from there. Shane, Steuerer and Stevens each homered, pushing the lead to 17-8. An error by the Dickinson shortstop allowed one more run to cross the plate, capping off an 11-run outburst and sealing the win for Hopkins.
 
The Blue Jays return to Babb Field on Saturday, April 19 for a doubleheader against Swarthmore with first pitch scheduled for noon. The program will also celebrate Senior Day during the twin bill.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
 
• Dillon Souvignier led the Blue Jay offense going 4-of-4, with a double, home run, five runs scored, two RBIs and a walk. Six additional Blue Jays recorded multi-hit games: Alex Shane, Shawn Steuerer, Caleb Cyr, Jimmy Stevens, Dylan Whitney and Jake Siani. Siani also tallied a game-high four RBIs.
 
• Souvignier has hit safely in 14 of the last 15 games, while Cyr has scored at least one run in 11 straight games.
 
• The seventh inning marked the third time this season – and the first since Marymount – that Hopkins hit three home runs in a single frame.
 
• Cole Jefferson earned the win in relief, improving to 3-0 after recording the final out of the sixth inning.