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Greg Kopp '25
11
Winner Elmhurst ELMHURST 6-12
1
Hamilton HAMILTON 8-5
Winner
Elmhurst ELMHURST
6-12
11
Final
1
Hamilton HAMILTON
8-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Elmhurst ELMHURST 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 11 11 0
Hamilton HAMILTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 4

W: J. Krueger (3-0) L: Beyer, Luke (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jim Taylor

Baseball drops Florida trip finale against Elmhurst, 11-1

Kopp '25 had two hits and extended his hit streak to seven games for the Continentals

DAVENPORT, Fla. – Elmhurst University's Rock Smith hit a grand slam in the sixth inning and drove in five runs in the Bluejays' 11-1 non-conference win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Northeast Regional Park on Wednesday, March 26.
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (8-5 overall) wrapped up its 13-game Florida trip. The Continentals have alternated wins and losses for the past six contests.
  • Elmhurst (6-12) had dropped its previous four games.
 

How It Happened

  • The Bluejays scored a run in the top of the first but Hamilton got it back in the bottom of the inning. Henry Boehm '25 smacked a two-out double to right field and scored on a single to center by Greg Kopp '25.
  • It was all Elmhurst after that. The Bluejays took the lead for good with a four-run third inning and went up 9-1 on Smith's grand slam with two outs in the sixth.
  • Elmhurst added single runs in the eighth and ninth innings on solo homers by Logan Bryant and Evan Johnson.
 

Notes

  • Kopp went 2-for-2 and extended his hit streak to seven games.
  • Boehm has at least one hit in his last five games. He's 7-for-14 with a .786 slugging percentage.
  • Alfonso Rada '27 hammered his third double this season.
  • Chester Boynton '27 singled and leads the Continentals with a .500 batting average (19-38) and 14 runs scored.
  • Lucas Herman '26 and Jeremy Diaz '27 added singles. Diaz posted his third hit this season.
  • Luke Beyer '27 (1-1) pitched to five batters in the third inning and took the loss.
 

Next Game

Hamilton begins its NESCAC West Division schedule on Friday, March 28 at Wesleyan University (5-8). First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
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