CARLISLE, PA – The Johns Hopkins baseball team hit the road for a doubleheader against Dickinson Saturday afternoon, falling 5-4 in Game 1 before salvaging the series split with a 4-1, Game 2 victory. The twin bill served as Hopkins' seventh and eighth games in a nine-day span, with the Game 1 loss snapping the Blue Jays' 10-game winning streak before bouncing back in Game 2.
 
Game 1: Hopkins 4, Dickinson 5
 
The Blue Jays (21-7, 9-1 Centennial) got on the board early in Saturday's opener but were unable to stay in front en route to the close, 5-4 loss, marking their first Centennial Conference defeat of the season.
 
Dylan Whitney opened the game with a single to right before advancing to second after Alex Shane drew a walk on his first at bat of the day. The pair moved 90 feet following a Caleb Cyr grounder, setting up Dillon Souvignier to rip a double to right center, scoring both and putting Hopkins up 2-0. The lead was short lived, however, with the Red Devils (18-8, 6-3 Centennial) mirroring the Jays' half inning to level the game at two.
 
Ties became of a theme of the game, with Hopkins evening out the score at three on a Caleb Cyr single and again at four on a balk that scored Shawn Steuerer, before Dickinson retook the lead for good in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI single to short.
 
The Blue Jays had one final chance to respond in the top of the ninth after Matthew Cooper and Jacob Harris drew a pair of walks to open the frame, but Cooper was picked off for the first out of the frame before a grounder and backwards k ended the contest 5-4.
 
Inside the Game 1 Box Score — Johns Hopkins:

• Kieren Collins made the start for the Blue Jays, allowing four runs — three earned — on eight hits with one strikeout in six innings. The graduate student's one K was a season-low in a start, with his three walks nearly doubling his season total (5) entering the contest.
 
• Matthew Savedoff took the unfortunate loss after a strong outing out of the bullpen in which the junior allowed just one unearned run on one hit and struck out three in two innings. 

• Shane was one of five different Blue Jays to tally a hit, going 1-2 with team-highs in walks (2) and runs (2). After Game 1 the sophomore was hitting an impressive .363 in conference play. 

Game 2: Hopkins 4, Dickinson 1
 
Saturday's second game was won on the mound, with Quinn Rovner putting together one of his best outings of the season in a 4-1 win to avoid the sweep.
 
Following a scoreless first inning, Hopkins broke the tie in the second to take a lead they would never lose. Souvignier opened the inning with a leadoff single, stealing second before a Harris walk put two on and brought Seif Ingram to the plate. The graduate student — who entered Game 1 as a pinch hitter in the ninth before taking a ball off the arm — popped the ball up in the infield, with the strong winds forcing an error and allowing Souvignier to score and put the Jays up 1-0.
 
A two-run third inning tripled Hopkins' lead with back-to-back RBI doubles from Shane and Cyr building the Blue Jays' lead to three while Rovner continued to put together a masterpiece on the mound.
 
Making his sixth start of the season, the graduate transfer tossed six near-perfect innings, retiring 17 the Red Devils' first 18 batters — the lone slip up being a walk in the sixth inning — before Dickinson was finally able to break the shutout, using a pair of singles and a sac fly to score one in the seventh and spoil Rovner's day.
 
A pair of walks drawn by Steuerer and Cooper set Harris up with two on and two out, with the sophomore roping one down the right field line to score Steuerer and make it a three-run game once again.
 
Rovner tossed one final shutout inning before making way for William Boneno in the ninth, who retired the Red Devils to clinch his second save of the year and the 4-1 win.
 
Hopkins now gets a short break after playing eight games in nine days, with its next game set for Tuesday, April 16 when they will take on McDaniel. First pitch of the Centennial Conference showdown is set for 3:30 p.m.
 
Inside the Game 2 Box Score — Johns Hopkins:

• The emphatic win Rovner moves to 4-1 on the season. The graduate student allowed just one run on three hits, fanning six batters in season-high eight innings, bringing his ERA in Centennial Conference games down to an incredible 1.71. 

• Boneno's save was his second of the season, giving him the most on the team to match his share of the team-lead in wins at five. 

• Whitney was the lone Hopkins player to register multiple hits going 2-5. The junior has three multi-hit efforts in his last four appearances, leading the team in both batting average (.341) — a number that leaps to .410 in conference play — and hits (31). 

• The Blue Jays failed to hit a home run in either contest, bringing an end to a streak of 18 straight games where they hit one over the fence.