JHU junior hurler Kieren Collin Johns Hopkins athletics photo

JHU junior hurler Kieren Collins recorded the eighth no-hitter in Johns Hopkins history as he faced the minimum, shutting down Ramapo in a 10-0 victory in Florida on Thursday afternoon. The junior right-hander is a Florida native and made his first career collegiate appearance in the state.

• Score: #13 Johns Hopkins-10, Ramapo-0
• Records: JHU (7-3) • RC (4-4)
• Pitching Decision: W: Collins (2-1) • L: Ciani (0-1)

How it Happened
• After both teams traded a pair of scoreless innings, Hopkins got on the board in the third to take a 2-0 lead. Dylan Whitney opened up the inning with a single through the middle. James Ingram laid down a bunt, hustling up the line to beat an errant throw from Ramapo third basemen Brian Baranok. Whitney turned on the burners and scored while Ingram advanced to second with a bunt single and an error on the throw. Tripp Myers singled through the right side, putting runners on first and third with nobody away. After a strikeout, the Jays put the double steal on, Myers was thrown out at second, but Ingram came in to score on the play.

• Another mistake gave the Jays a run in the fourth to make it 3-0 in a busy inning. Jared deFaria singled to open up the inning, stealing second later in the inning. With two away, deFaria moved up 90 feet on a balk. Sam Frank drew a free pass, putting runners on the corners. Ciani tried to pick Frank off of first, but it got away from first baseman Joe Wisniewski, allowing deFaria to score.

• The Jays really started to pull away in the fifth inning. AJ King singled to open up the inning, chasing Ciani from the contest. Shawn Steuerer hit a pop-up on the infield. It fell to the turf, but Justin Garthaffner had a chance to throw out King who held on the pop up, the throw was errant, putting two on for the Jays. deFaria laced a single to right-center, loading up the bases. Jack Pausic unloaded on a baseball to left field, clearing the fence and the bases, with a grand slam, his second home run in as many games. Now with a seven run lead, Collins breezed through the inning with a pair of strikeouts.

• With a 10-run mercy rule in play for the tournament, the Jays ended it early. After a Steuerer fly-out, deFaria was hit by a pitch and Pausic drew a walk. Matthew Cooper stepped up and crushed a one-out three-run bomb to left for a 10-0 lead. In the bottom half, Collins went 1-2-3 once again, completing the no-hitter with a strikeout.

Inside the Box Score
• Collins' faced the minium, retiring 21 straight batters after a sky-high pop-up fell out of the glove of Steuerer in the first inning. The junior's no-hitter is the eighth in JHU history and the first since 2010 when four pitchers combined for a no-no in a 15-0 win over Rutgers-Newark. Collins is the sixth pitcher to throw a solo no-hitter for the Blue Jays. The Floridian is now 2-1 on the season with a 3.86 ERA.

• deFaria reached base all four times at the plate, going a perfect 3-3 with three singles, three runs scored and a hit-by-pitch. deFaria now has 10 hits and nine runs scored on the season.

• Pausic is now hitting .290 with two homers and nine RBI after the grand slam. Cooper has three hits on the season, all home runs, and is tied with Myers for the team-lead.

What It Means

• Hopkins improves to 1-1 all-time vs. Ramapo. The first-ever meeting between the programs came in 2013, a 3-1 loss.

Up Next
• Onto day two of the Russmatt Invitational for the Jays as they face Hope College at 245 pm.