Spring Break
Root for your home team: baseball on a hot streak
Issue date: 4/17/08
The 15th-ranked Hopkins baseball team (23-4, 11-1) successfully swept a doubleheader at Ursinus on Saturday afternoon, winning both games by counts of 5-2 and following up with an 11-4 rout. The team totaled 30 hits in the two games.
The Jays started off strong in the first inning with back-to-back singles. After the first out of the day, a sacrifice fly by senior third baseman Todd Emr brought home the first run.
After a few relatively quiet innings, Hopkins drove in two more runs in the fourth inning. Senior left fielder Jon Solomon blasted a home run over the right field wall, his second of the season. The Bears would not roll over just yet though, adding a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, cutting the Jays' lead to two, 3-1.
Hopkins came right back in the top of the fifth and added another run, but Ursinus followed suit in the bottom of the next frame. After six innings, Hopkins clung to a 4-2 lead.
Junior first baseman Ryan Biner added to the lead in the top of the seventh with an RBI single. Ursinus was unable to respond, and the first game of the doubleheader belonged to Hopkins.
On the mound for the Blue Jays, junior right hander Chez Angeloni increased his win total to four, throwing for 5.1 innings, only allowing two runs and striking out two. Pitching in relief, sophomore Matt Weigand shut out the Bears in 1.2 innings of work and picked up his first save. Throwing a complete game, Zack Engle took the loss for the Bears.
Hopkins came out hot again for the second game of the doubleheader. Right off the bat in the first inning Emr blasted one over right field for a two-run homer.
Adding two more runs in the top of the third, Hopkins increased their lead to 4-0. However, the Bears had a little fight still left in them, and they added three runs of their own in the bottom of the inning.
Hopkins had its own three-run inning too. At the top of the seventh inning, senior center fielder Rob Pietroforte drove home two runners on an RBI single and later was able to score due to a wild pitch.
The Jays started off strong in the first inning with back-to-back singles. After the first out of the day, a sacrifice fly by senior third baseman Todd Emr brought home the first run.
After a few relatively quiet innings, Hopkins drove in two more runs in the fourth inning. Senior left fielder Jon Solomon blasted a home run over the right field wall, his second of the season. The Bears would not roll over just yet though, adding a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, cutting the Jays' lead to two, 3-1.
Hopkins came right back in the top of the fifth and added another run, but Ursinus followed suit in the bottom of the next frame. After six innings, Hopkins clung to a 4-2 lead.
Junior first baseman Ryan Biner added to the lead in the top of the seventh with an RBI single. Ursinus was unable to respond, and the first game of the doubleheader belonged to Hopkins.
On the mound for the Blue Jays, junior right hander Chez Angeloni increased his win total to four, throwing for 5.1 innings, only allowing two runs and striking out two. Pitching in relief, sophomore Matt Weigand shut out the Bears in 1.2 innings of work and picked up his first save. Throwing a complete game, Zack Engle took the loss for the Bears.
Hopkins came out hot again for the second game of the doubleheader. Right off the bat in the first inning Emr blasted one over right field for a two-run homer.
Adding two more runs in the top of the third, Hopkins increased their lead to 4-0. However, the Bears had a little fight still left in them, and they added three runs of their own in the bottom of the inning.
Hopkins had its own three-run inning too. At the top of the seventh inning, senior center fielder Rob Pietroforte drove home two runners on an RBI single and later was able to score due to a wild pitch.
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