BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins baseball team returned to Centennial Conference play to take on Gettysburg Tuesday afternoon, tying its season-high mark of five homers — paced by two from Caleb Cyr — in a 13-8 win over the Bullets.
 
Despite the final score it was Gettysburg (15-22, 4-11 Centennial) taking an early lead after tallying the game's first five runs before the Blue Jays (27-8, 14-1 Centennial) added themselves to the scoreboard in the bottom of the third.
 
Dylan Whitney drew a leadoff walk to get things started, with a double to right center by Shawn Steuerer putting two on with one out. An RBI groundout off the bat of Dillon Souvignier broke the shutout and brought Cyr to the plate who put an abrupt end to his recent cold stretch at the plate, hitting his first homer of the game to left center to trim the lead to just two at 5-3.
 
Gettysburg would bring one more across home plate in the fourth to make it a three-run game before a five-run bottom half of the inning gave Hopkins its first lead of the afternoon.
 
Jimmy Stevens opened the frame with a solo shot to right field to quickly cut the lead back to two, with Whitney, Alex Shane and Steuerer all reaching safely to load the bases with one out. After Seif Ingram grounded out for the second retirement of the inning, the Blue Jays capitalized on a number of mistakes by the Bullets to plate four more runs. A pair of walks drawn by Cyr and Stevens, a free 90 after Harris took one off the arm and an error by Gettysburg's third baseman allowed Hopkins to take a two-run lead of their own into the fifth.
 
Both sides' bats cooled in the middle innings, with Grant Meert tossing 1.2 scoreless innings while a pair of Bullets arms kept the Blue Jays in check before the Hopkins flexed its muscles further in a four-run seventh to put the game out of reach.
 
After the Blue Jays' first two batters went down to groundouts, three of the Hopkins' next four at bats resulted in a trip around the bases, with Shane, Souvignier and Cyr — for the second time — going yard to double up the Bullets at 12-6. The Blue Jays built their lead to as big as seven after an RBI groundout made it 13-6 before Gettysburg stole a pair back in the ninth resulting in the 13-8 win in front of the home fans.
 
Hopkins now gets two days off before returning to action in a rematch against the Bullets Friday, April 26. First pitch for the Centennial Conference bout is set for 3:30 p.m.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Cole Jefferson was the winning pitcher in Tuesday's contest, allowing two runs — one earned — on three hits in 2.2 innings while the Blue Jays took the lead. The win is the sophomore's first of the season and fourth of his career.
 
• William Boneno earned his team-best third save of the season on the mound after entering the game with a two-run lead in the seventh and allowing two runs on three hits and fanning four in three innings. Hopkins now has five saves on the season, with the sophomore accounting for three of them.
 
• With his two homers in Tuesday's contest, Cyr now has four multi-home run games in his career. The senior's 11 on the season lead the team and Centennial Conference and bring his career tally up to 28, placing him in sole possession of seventh for the most homers in program history.
 
• Shane and Harris stayed red hot at the plate, both tallying two hits in the win. Shane extended his hitting streak to 13 games — including five multi-hit efforts in his last six games — after going 2-5 while Harris' 2-4 outing marked the sophomore's sixth mutli-hit game in his last seven appearances.
 
• Steuerer was the fourth Hopkins athlete to register multiple hits, going 2-3 with a team-high three runs. The junior has been one of the Blue Jays' best bats since joining the team in 2022 and now ranks tied for 10^th in program history with 183 hits.