BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins baseball team took on Ursinus in Centennial Conference action Saturday night, capitalizing on timely hits and another strong outing on the mound from Kieren Collins to secure a 10-1 win under the lights of Babb Field.
 
After a scoreless opening inning, it was the Blue Jays (16-6, 4-0 Centennial) showing patience at the plate in a three-run second inning to take control.  Dillon Souvignier and Shawn Steuerer drew a pair of walks to start the frame before another free 90 for Matthew Cooper loaded the bases with just one out. A sacrifice fly off the bat of Seif Ingram broke the tie, with a hard-hit single to the second baseman bringing in two more runs to put Hopkins in front 3-0.
 
Two more quiet innings ensued before a five-run fifth inning — on just three hits — blew the game open. Dylan Whitney was the first to get on after taking a pitch off the arm, with walks by Isaiah Winikur and Alex Shane loading the bases once again.
 
Taking advantage of the opportunity this time was Caleb Cyr, who ripped a double down the left field line to clear the bases and make it a 6-0 game despite having just two hits to that point. A Steuerer double brought Cyr home before Jimmy Stevens hit a single through the right side to score the junior and build Hopkins' lead to eight through five.
 
The Bears (9-13, 2-2 Centennial) broke the shutout in the sixth on an RBI single by Barritt Ross, but a pair of insurance runs off a Souvignier homer and a second Ingram sac fly put the game out of reach, with Ethan Fifer and Drew Grumbles each tossing a scoreless inning in relief to secure the win.
 
The Blue Jays are back in action Sunday, April 7 for a rematch against Ursinus, with first pitch set for 1 p.m.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Collins proved himself as Hopkins' ace once again, allowing five hits and just one run while striking out a season-high seven batters in seven innings of work. The graduate student now sits at 5-0 on the year with a 1.64 ERA.
 
• Pitching in relief, Fifer tossed a perfect eighth inning before Grumbles allowed a lone hit in the ninth. The freshman has now appeared in six games for the Blue Jays and maintains a perfect 0.00 ERA having given up just two unearned runs through 9.1 innings of work.
 
• Cyr's bases-clearing double in the fifth inning extended the senior's hitting streak to 11 games, with his three RBIs also extending his team-best mark in the statistic to 27.
 
• Steuerer looked strong at the plate in a 2-3 effort — the only Hopkins played to register a multi-hit day — including two doubles to mark his first game with multiple extra base hits this season.
 
• Souvignier's home run was his fourth of the season and second in as many games. The junior has one of the hottest bats on the team going 6-10 in his last three games, and sits second on the team with 19 RBIs.