The Basics
• Score: JHU – 5 • Cortland St. - 3
• Records: Hopkins (5-1) • Cortland St. (3-4-1)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium
• Pitching Decision: W – Sean McCracken (1-1) • L – Zack Durant (0-2)
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins baseball team notched its fourth straight win on Sunday with a 5-3 victory over Cortland State.

How it Happened
• Adam Kohl singled to lead off the third and with one out, Chris DeGiacomo brought him home with a two-run shot to right to make it a 2-0 game.
• McCracken got into a bit of a jam in the top of the fourth as an error and a double put two runners in scoring position with one out but he got Colin BeVard swinging and got Matthew Funk to ground out to third to end the inning.
• The Red Dragons finally broke through against McCracken as Dan Schweitzer led off the fifth with a home run to left, but McCracken retired the next three batters to keep the score 2-1.
• Johns Hopkins responded with a three-run fifth to take a 5-1 lead. Matthew Ritchie scored on a Cortland throwing error and DeGiacomo brought home Mike Eberle and Adam Kohl with a double to right-center.
• McCracken retired the Red Dragons in order in the sixth and after giving up a two-out single in the seventh, the senior got Scott Giordano looking to end the inning.
• Cortland made it interesting in the ninth against Josh Hejka as Paul Franzese came into the game as a pinch hitter with a runner on and took the Hejka pitch over left field wall to make it a two-run game. After a strikeout of Matt Funk, Brian Corporan doubled to bring the tying run to the plate, but Hejka got Giordano to ground out to Kohl at second and seal the 5-3 Blue Jay victory.

Team Leaders
Johns Hopkins:
Hits: DeGiacomo - 2
RBI: DeGiacomo - 4
Strikeouts: McCracken - 7

Cortland St.:
Hits: Dan Schweitzer - 3
RBI: Paul Franzese - 2
Strikeouts:  Durant - 2

What it Means
• The Blue Jays are now 4-4 against the Red Dragons and the Blue Jays have won the last four meetings.

Inside the Box Score
• The four RBIs in the game for DeGiacomo are a new career-high as he now has six RBIs on the season and two home runs.
• JHU allowed just one walk in the game while striking out eight, as the Blue Jay pitching staff has given up just 12 walks this year while striking out 51 batters.
• McCracken went seven innings allowing just four hits and one run. He struck out seven and walked one. Hejka pitched the final two innings allowing three hits and two runs with one strikeout.

Up Next
• The Blue Jays are scheduled to host Messiah on Wednesday, March 6 at 3:30 pm.