THE FACTS
Johns Hopkins (33-3, 14-1 CC) 22, Gettysburg (17-19, 4-12 CC) 5
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game
When: Tuesday, April 25
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg and Johns Hopkins remained close within the first two innings, but the No. 1 Blue Jays showed their power with several multiple-run innings to earn the 22-5 win over the Bullets.
THE LEADERS
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Tristan Neels (San Diego, Calif./Francis W. Parker) hit two-for-two on the day, scoring one run.
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Preston Toothman (Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone) tallied three hits on five at bats.
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Matt Nichols (White Plains, N.Y./Byram Hills) had one hit on the day, a two-RBI triple.
FOR THE FOES
• Alex Shane led the Blue Jays with three hits on four at bats, with three runs and four RBIs. Of his three hits, one was a double and one was a triple.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg cracked the scoreboard first in the bottom of the second, after
Matthew Peipher (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Twp.) reached on an error and
Preston Toothman (Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone) singled to put Peipher in scoring position.
JR McCloskey (Huntington Station, N.Y./Chaminade) then bunted to bring home Peipher and score the first run of the game.
• A seven-run Blue Jays top of the third broke the game open, as Johns Hopkins sent 10 to plate and tallied five hits. A walk, wild pitch, and single plated the tying run, before two more singles scored another run. With base runners on the corners, Matthew Cooper hit his 19th home run of the season to make it a 5-1 ballgame. Johns Hopkins scored two more in the inning off a double, foul-out, and fly out for a 7-1 lead going into the bottom of the third.
• Johns Hopkins used a two-out double and intentional walk to put one in scoring position, and another double plated the first run of the top of the fourth. An RBI single up the middle made it a 9-1 Blue Jays lead. The Bullets got four of those back in the bottom of the inning, however, with three straight singles by
Tristan Neels, McCloskey, and
Mabret Levant (Lakeville, Pa./Wallenpaupack) to plate the Bullets' second run of the game.
Matt Nichols (White Plains, N.Y./Byram Hills) followed up with a triple to left field to score both Levant and McCloskey. A groundout brought Nichols in for the Bullets' fourth run of the inning to cut the deficit to four runs, 9-5.
• The Blue Jays used another high-scoring inning in the top of the fifth, sending nine to the plate and tallying four hits. A ground-rule double and two-out single put runners on the corners, before a triple by Alex Shane brought both runs home. After another intentional walk, Dillon Souvignier laced another triple to right field for a 13-5 lead, and scored himself on a wild pitch to once again forge a nine-run lead. The Blue Jays added another run in the top of the sixth and held Gettysburg to a one-two-three home half of the inning to lead 15-5 after six innings.
• A bases-loaded wild pitch and groundout, followed by another wild pitch all three runners without Johns Hopkins tallying a hit in the top of the eighth. A Blue Jays run was walked in in the top of the ninth, before a single by Jimmy Nunez and Bullets error plated four more runs in the final inning. The Blue Jays held the Bullets off in the bottom of the ninth for the 22-5 win.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Johns Hopkins outhit Gettysburg, 16-10.
• Ryan Anderson threw 4.0 innings to pick up the win, allowing only three hits and one run, with three K's.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against Stevenson tomorrow. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
