The Basics
• Score: JHU – 15, Gettysburg - 0
• Records: Hopkins (18-7, 4-2 CC) • Gettysburg (13-11, 2-4 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium
• Pitching Decision: W – Matthew Dillard (2-0)  • L – Will Wortmann (1-2)
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins baseball team pounded out 16 hits and 15 runs on Sunday afternoon as the Blue Jays rebounded after Saturday's doubleheader sweep at Ursinus to defeat Gettysburg, 15-0, at Babb Field.
 
How it Happened
• Dillard took the mound for his first collegiate start and made quick of the Bullets through the first few innings. He gave up a two-out walk to Andrew Decker in the second but Decker was quickly thrown out by AJ King to end the inning.
• Chris Festa broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the third with his sixth homer of the season as he took the 3-1 pitch over the left-field wall.
• Matthew Ritchie led off the fourth with a walk and Austin Sacks followed with a no-doubter over the right-center field wall to put Hopkins up 3-0. The Blue Jays made it 4-0 with another run in the fifth on a single to left by King that scored Mike Eberle.
• A five-run sixth inning put the game firmly in control for JHU. Chris DeGiacomo came up with the bases loaded and rocketed a single to plate two runs and Festa and King both followed with RBI singles to make the score 8-0. Festa then took home on a wild pitch to make it a nine-run Hopkins lead.  
• Eberle gave Johns Hopkins a double-digit lead in the seventh as his sacrifice fly scored Adam Kohl from third.
• Another five-run inning in the eighth by the Blue Jays made it a 15-0 game.  Bradley Parsons doubled to left-center to score two and a three-run shot by Nate Davis wrapped up the scoring for the Blue Jays in the inning.
• Jaspar Carmichael and John Donohue came in out of the bullpen for Hopkins and did an excellent job, combining for four innings, allowing just three hits with no walks and four strikeouts. Donohue struck out four of the six batters he faced in the game as Johns Hopkins took home the 15-0 win.

Team Leaders
Johns Hopkins:
Hits: Four tied - 2
RBI: Davis - 3
Strikeouts: Dillard - 4

Gettysburg:
Hits: Mark Seibert - 2
RBI: None
Strikeouts: Jack Havard - 2 

What it Means
• The Blue Jays improve to 58-51-1 all-time against the Bullets and have won the last nine meetings.
• Hopkins is 3-0 in conference play this season at home as the Blue Jays have outscored their opponents, 45-1.

Inside the Box Score
• Eberle, DeGiacomo, Festa and King each had two hits in the game as Hopkins outhit Gettysburg, 16-6. The 16 hits tie the season most for JHU as the team also tallied 16 hits against Catholic.
• Festa now leads the team with six home runs and is third with 20 RBI. Sacks is tied for second on the team with five homers this season and ranks fourth on the team with 16 RBI.
• In his first career start, Dillard went five strong innings scattering three hits while walking just two batters and striking out five. Carmichael went 2.1 innings allowing three hits with one strikeout. Donohue finished the game's final 1.2 innings allowing no hits or walks while getting four strikeouts on the day. Combined the JHU pitchers struck out 10 batters and allowed just two walks.

Up Next
• Hopkins is back in action again tomorrow, Monday April 8 for a non-conference game against Messiah. First pitch is scheduled for 5pm at Babb Field.