BALTIMORE, MD – The No. 4/5 Johns Hopkins baseball team snapped a two-game skid in emphatic fashion Friday afternoon, using a 22-run offensive barrage and a historic performance from
Kieren Collins to run-rule Dickinson, 22-4, at Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium. With the victory, the Blue Jays improve to 27-6 overall and 10-2 in conference play.
Needing a stabilizing performance after a mid-week loss to the Red Devils, Collins delivered. Making his 60
th career start—now the second-most in NCAA Division III history—Collins was dominant from the jump, retiring the side in order to open the contest.
The Hopkins bats responded with a vengeance, plating four runs in the opening frame.
William Jaun got the scoring started with an RBI single before
Lukas Geer cleared the bases with a three-run blast to left, staking the Blue Jays to an early 4-0 lead.
While Dickinson (19-13, 5-7) showed life in the second inning—pulling within one at 4-3 on a Miguel Reich home run—the Blue Jays responded with 18 runs over the next four innings.
The middle-inning surge was highlighted by a
Clay Hartje two-run home run in the third and a six-run fourth inning fueled by doubles from Hartje and
Luke Baker. The onslaught culminated in a 10-run explosion across the fifth and sixth innings, punctuated by a
William Jaun grand slam that pushed the lead to its final 22-4 margin.
Collins (4-0) earned the complete-game win, tossing 7.0 innings and allowing just four runs on six hits while striking out seven. Fittingly, he recorded his 299
th career strikeout to secure the final out of the game.
Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, April 18, traveling to Swarthmore, PA for a doubleheader against Swarthmore. First pitch at Clothier Baseball Field is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
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Kieren Collins (4-0) earned the complete-game win, tossing 7.0 innings and allowing just four runs on six hits while striking out seven. He notched his 299
th career strikeout to secure the final out.
• Collins moved into sole possession of second place all-time in Division III history for career starts (60).
• Three Blue Jays recorded multi-hit games, with
Alex Shane and
William Jaun going 4-for-5 from the plate. Jaun led the way with six RBIs and a grand-slam, while Shane drove in four with three run-scoring singles.
• Jaun has recorded a hit in 14 of the last 16 games and has recorded at least three hits in six of those contests.
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Luke Baker has reached base safely in 26 of the last 27 games and recorded a hit in 16 of the last 20 games.
• The Blue Jays have scored three or more runs in 57 different innings through 33 games.
• Hopkins has hit multiple home runs in 20 of its 33 games this season and at least one in 27.
