BALTIMORE, MD – The No. 2-ranked Johns Hopkins baseball team secured its 16
th consecutive victory with a 13-4 win over Washington College (19-19, 4-12) Friday afternoon in the final regular season home game in the storied 46-year career of head coach
Bob Babb. With the victory, the Blue Jays clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Centennial Conference Tournament.
Adding to the occasion, Maryland Governor and Johns Hopkins alum Wes Moore threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game.
Washington College jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning thanks to a three-run home run by Drew Kinsey. But the Blue Jays responded quickly, scoring once in each of the first three innings to tie the game at 3-3.
Dillon Souvignier and
Jake Siani each delivered RBI singles, while
Shawn Steuerer tied things up in the third with a solo home run over the scoreboard.
Kinsey put the Shoremen back in front with his second homer of the day in the fourth, but the Blue Jays seized control in the bottom half. With the bases loaded,
Caleb Cyr launched a grand slam into the bushes in left field, giving Hopkins its first lead at 7-4.
The Blue Jays (34-3, 15-1) added six more runs in a two-out rally in the seventh inning. Siani and Cyr singled,
Dylan Whitney and
Alex Shane each doubled and Souvignier capped the inning with a triple, extending the lead to 13-4.
On the mound,
Kieren Collins (6-1) earned the win, tossing 5.1 innings and allowing four runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four.
Tyler Sugrim and Tomas Cancian each pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, and
Michael Yousef closed out the game with a scoreless ninth.
The Blue Jays return to action on Sunday, April 27, traveling to Ursinus for a doubleheader at Thomas Field with first pitch scheduled for noon.
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
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Caleb Cyr tallied a team-high six RBIs, going 3-of-5 from the plate. Five additional Blue Jays recorded a multi-hit game:
Alex Shane,
Shawn Steuerer,
Dillon Souvignier,
Damian Brown and
Jake Siani
• Both Souvignier and Shane extended their hitting streaks to 11 games. Souvignier has now hit safely in 18 of his last 19 games, while Shane has done so in 13 of his last 14.