SALISBURY, Md. – The seventh-ranked Salisbury University baseball team came up on the short end of a top-10 matchup with their intrastate rivals, falling to the third-ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays 9-2 on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium.
The Sea Gulls drew first blood in their first turn at-bat.
Danny Sheeler worked a one-out walk, then
Dylan Winebrenner split the gap in left center for an RBI double, putting SU ahead 1-0 after the first inning.
The Blue Jays struck back with three in the third. Jimmy Stevens led off with a double and Clay Hartje parked a two-run homer to right. After two straight singles and a fielder's choice, Shawn Steuerer skipped an RBI base hit up the middle to put JHU up 3-1.
With two out and nobody on in the fifth, JHU jumpstarted a rally a single and a 12-pitch walk. Caleb Cyr then laced a two-run double, and Dillon Souvignier belted a two-run homer to make it 7-1. The Blue Jays then added two more in the top of the sixth on a solo blast by Stevens and an RBI double by Steuerer to push it to 9-1.
SU got one back in the home sixth on a
Noah Burroughs double and
Trent Waire RBI single to get it back to 9-2, but that was as close as they would get as the JHU relief corps put up zeroes in each of the final three innings.
GAME NOTES
The Sea Gulls will have Monday off before returning to the diamond to face McDaniel on Tuesday. First pitch from Williams Stadium is set for 3 p.m.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming) and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 202 conference championships, and have produced 50 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
