BALTIMORE, MD – The top-ranked and top-seeded Johns Hopkins baseball team has been selected to host an NCAA Tournament Regional for the third straight season, as announced by the association Monday. The four-team regional includes Hopkins, Farmingdale St., Rutgers-Camden and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), with games to be played from May 16-18 at Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium.
 
The Blue Jays (39-3) earned an automatic bid after winning the programs 19^th Centennial Conference Tournament. This marks the 27^th time Hopkins has appeared in the NCAA Tournament dating back to 1976, with the Blue Jays holding a 53-42 record in regional games.
 
Hopkins is joined by the Scarlet Raptors (29-15), who won the program's first-ever NJAC Championship, as well as the Rams (26-14) and Engineers (29-14) who were both automatic qualifiers after winning their respective Skyline and Liberty League Conference Championships.
 
Series History
Friday's game will be the fifth meeting all-time between Hopkins and Farmingdale St., with the Blue Jays commanding a 4-0 series advantage, with the Jays winning the most recent matchup, 6-2, in the 2019 NCAA Regional.
 
Hopkins-Farmingdale St. will open the Regional Friday, May 16 at 11 AM, with Rutgers-Camden-RPI to follow at 2:30 PM. The losers of Game 1 and 2 will then face off in Game 3 Saturday at 11 AM in an elimination game, with the winners of Friday's games going on to play each other in Game 4 at 2:30 PM for a spot in Sunday's Regional Final.
 
Regional Schedule
Friday
Game 1 – 11 AM – Johns Hopkins vs Farmingdale St.
Game 2 – 2:30 PM – Rutgers-Camden vs RPI
 
Saturday
Game 3 – 11 AM – Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 2
Game 4 – 2:30 PM – Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2
Game 5 – 6 PM – Winner of Game 3 vs Loser of Game 4
 
Sunday
Game 6 – 11 AM – Winner of Game 4 vs Winner of Game 5
Game 7 (if necessary) – 45 minutes after Game 6