SALISBURY, Md. – The top-ranked Salisbury University baseball team saw its season-opening winning streak end at eight, falling to the 25th-ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, 23-4, on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Blue Jays struck early and often in the top of the first inning. Isaiah Winikur led off with a double and scored on a Matthew Cooper single. With two out and Cooper at second after a steal, Dillon Souvignier dropped a base hit into right to score Cooper and make it 2-0.
• After a walk, Jimmy Stevens doubled home two more runs, and Tripp Myers made it a five-spot with an RBI single to put JHU on top 5-0.
• In the third, Souvignier led off with a double, then three batters later Myers unleashed a line drive two-run homer to right to make it 7-0. Cooper then tagged a solo homer to left in the fourth to boost the Blue Jay lead to 8-0.
• Winikur tripled home a pair of runs in the fifth to make it 10-0, then in the sixth Caleb Cyr tagged a three-run homer to left, setting up a six-run frame that made it 16-0.
• Jack Vahle went yard for three runs in the eighth to boost the lead to 19-0, and Lukas Geer's grand slam in the ninth made it 23-0.
• The Sea Gulls broke up the shutout in the bottom of the ninth. Connor Wootten and Kevin Dall worked back-to-back walks, then Zach Geesaman hit a grounder that the shortstop threw away, allowing Wootten to score to make it 23-1.
• Later in the ninth Andrew Kell tripled home a pair of runs, and Mickey Haynes hit into an RBI groundout to give the game its final 23-4 margin.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Kavi Caster finished 2-for-3 with the Sea Gulls' only multi-hit game of the day.
• Scott Cameron doubled and went 1-for-2.
• Andrew Kell batted 1-for-2 with a triple, run and two RBIs.
• Jackson Balzan (2-1) took his first loss of the season after allowing seven runs (six earned) on seven hits in 2.2 innings.

JOHNS HOPKINS GAME NOTES

• Isaiah Winikur set the tone at the top of the lineup for the Blue Jays, going 3-for-5 with a double, triple, two runs and three RBIs.
• Matthew Cooper homered and finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored.
• Caleb Cyr, Tripp Myers, Jack Vahle and Lukas Geer also went yard to account for JHU's five homers on the day.
• Gabriel Romano (2-0) spun six innings of scoreless five-hit ball for his second win of the year, walking two and striking out one on 74 pitches.

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls will host a midweek matchup against Delmarva Peninsula rivals Washington College on Wednesday afternoon.
• First pitch from Williams Stadium is slated for 2:30 p.m. with coverage on the Sea Gull Sports Network (SGSN) beginning at 2:15 p.m.

Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 188 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.

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