The Basics
• Score: JHU – 8, Penn St. Harrisburg – 10 (11 Innings)
• Records: Hopkins (21-9) • Penn St. Harrisburg (22-8-1)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Babb Field
• Pitching Decision: W – Brendan Riotto (1-3) • L – John Donohue (0-1)
• The Short Story: It was a wild back-and-forth affair that could not be decided in just nine innings as the Johns Hopkins baseball team rallied from a 6-1 deficit to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, however, Penn St. Harrisburg proved to have too much power as the Lions came into Babb Field and defeated the Blue Jays, 10-8, in 11 innings on Sunday afternoon.


How it Happened
• The Lions took advantage of two hit batters and two Blue Jay errors to score five runs in the second inning. The Blue Jays got a run back in the bottom of the inning on a double steal as Mark Lopez broke for second and Tim Kutcher then beat the throw home for the first JHU run of the game.
• After the rocky second, Brian Linton settled down as he worked around a double in the third and retired the Blue & White in order in the fourth.
• Hopkins began to mount a comeback as the Blue Jays scored two runs in the sixth and seventh innings to make it a 6-5 game. Pete Manny hit his first collegiate home run as the senior came up as a pinch hitter and launched a 1-1 pitch over the wall to score Kutcher, who doubled and stole third earlier in the inning. Chris DeGiacomo and Kutcher notched RBIs in the seventh to make it a one-run Lions lead.
• Nate Davis led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo shot to left to tie the game at six. Hopkins then loaded the bases with no outs, but Penn St. Harrisburg brought in a fifth infielder and a home-to-first double play and a pop out ended the Blue Jay threat and sent the game to the tenth.
• Zachary Koroneos broke the tie in the 10^th with a two-run shot to right to make it an 8-6 ball game. After Matthew Ritchie walked and advanced to second on a ground out by Mike Eberle, Davis came up to the plate and once again tied it with one swing of the bat as he took the 2-2 pitch over the fence to tie the game once again.
• The fifth home run of the day, and second on the day for Penn St. Harrisburg, proved to be the winner as Bret Williams hit a two-run shot to give the visitors a 10-8 lead and JHU would be retired in order in the bottom of the inning to end the game.

Team Leaders
Johns Hopkins:
Hits: Mark Lopez - 3  
RBI: Davis - 3
Strikeouts: Linton, Donohue - 3  

Penn St. Harrisburg:
Hits: Five players tied - 2
RBI: Three players tied - 2
Strikeouts: Nick Fitzgerald, Brandon Riggs - 3

What it Means
• The all-time series between the two teams is now tied at one victory apiece.
• The Blue Jays' 11-game home winning streak was snapped with today's loss.
• Hopkins has lost all four games this season in which the team has scored exactly eight runs and eight of the nine losses for the Blue Jays have come when the team scored seven runs or more.

Inside the Box Score
• Lopez led Hopkins with three hits on the day as the sophomore went 3-5 with a walk while Kutcher finished the game 2-5 with an RBI and two runs scored.
• With his two home runs, Davis is now tied for the team lead with eight home runs and ranks third with 23 RBI.
• DeGiacomo extended his 12-game hitting streak going 1-4 with an RBI while Chris Festa has a seven-game hitting streak as he finished the day 1-5 with a walk.
• Linton went the game's first 4.1 innings six runs (two earned) on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts. Jonah Offman came in after Linton and went 1.2 innings allowing one hit while walking one and getting two strikeouts.
• The four innings ties a career-high for Donohue who pitched four innings last season against Dickinson. The senior lefty did not walk a batter and struck out three as he allowed three runs on six hits.

Up Next
• The Blue Jays return to action on Tuesday, April 16 when they will host Washington College for a 5 pm contest.