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Michael Tallarida '26
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Michael Tallarida '26
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Hamilton College HCBASE26 0-1
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Winner Johns Hopkins JHU 5-1
Hamilton College HCBASE26
0-1
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Final
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Johns Hopkins JHU
5-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hamilton College HCBASE26 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 11 2
Johns Hopkins JHU 0 1 4 0 2 0 6 5 X 18 15 2

W: Kieren Collins (2-0) L: Soroca, Aden (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | James McGlynn

Baseball drops season opener at No. 4/10 Johns Hopkins

Raichur ’28 homered in his first at bat for the Continentals

Baltimore, Md. – Johns Hopkins' William Jaun launched two home runs and finished with five runs batted in to lead the Blue Jays to an 18-6 win over the Hamilton College Continentals at Johns Hopkins' Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 28.

Season Update

  • Hamilton (0-1) played its season opener
  • Johns Hopkins (5-1), which is ranked fourth in the ABCA Division III Preseason Coaches Poll and 10th in the first D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 poll, won its third straight.

How It Happened

  • Taylor Kaufman '26 ripped a single up the middle to drive in Chester Boynton '27 and give the Continentals a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
  • Aden Soroca '27 delivered a 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts in the bottom of the first, then Hamilton extended its lead to 4-0 in the second. Satish Raichur '28 smashed a solo home run in his first Hamilton at bat with one out in the top of the second, then Michael Tallarida '26 drove in Boyton and Jeremy Diaz '27 with a double down the left field line.
  • Hopkins got a run back on a solo home run from Jaun in the bottom of the second, then grabbed a 5-4 lead in the third with the help of three straight doubles from Alex Shane, Jaun, and Lukas Geer.
  • Jaun lifted a two-run home run over the right field wall in the fifth to extend the Blue Jays' lead to 7-5.
  • Hopkins added six runs in the seventh with the help of a grand slam by Jacob Harris, then tacked on five runs in the eighth.
  • Andrew Millington '28 ripped a double down the right field line with one out in the top of the ninth, then Anthony Palumbo '29 poked a single to left field in his first career at bat. Edo Spadaccini '26 drove in both runners with a single down the left field line to make it 18-6.

Notes

  • Tallarida and Spadaccini both finished with a team-high two runs batted in, while Tallarida and Raichur both registered a team-high two hits.
  • Boynton scored a team-high two runs.
  • Soroca recorded three strikeouts in three innings of work.
  • Mantas Kempinas '28 struck out three batters in two innings in relief.
  • Colin McMahon '28 tossed one scoreless inning in relief
  • Hopkins starting pitcher Kieren Collins collected his second win of the season after recording nine strikeouts in five innings.
  • Jaun scored a game-high four runs. Geer added three runs and two hits, while Shane Keough drove in three runs and scored two for the Blue Jays.

Next Game

Hamilton concludes its weekend series at Johns Hopkins with a 11:30 a.m. matchup against the Blue Jays on Sunday, Mar. 1.
 
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