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TEMPE, AZ. -- A three-run ninth inning Wednesday lifted Johns
Hopkins to an 8-5 victory over Williams College at Tempe High
School.
The loss was the first of the season for the Ephs against three
wins. Williams plays a twinbill against UMass-Boston Thursday
beginning at 1 p.m. MST.
Johns Hopkins jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first four
innings Wednesday, but the Ephs rallied for four runs in the bottom
of the fifth to tie the game. Zach Stone drew a walk to start the
frame, and singles by Al Mathews and Barrett Allison loaded the
bases for sophomore Robin Allemand, who crushed a grand slam home
over the fence in right-center field to knot things at four-all.
Williams took the lead with a single run in the bottom of the
sixth. Kevin Flynn led off with a single, Stone singled and Mathews
was safe on a fielder's choice. First-year Pat Barren ran for Flynn
and scored on an RBI-groundout off the bat of Barrett Allison.
Johns Hopkins tied the game with a single run in the top of the
seventh and then struck for three runs off Eph reliever Tom Coleman
in the ninth inning.
Junior southpaw Ben Horwitz got the start for Williams and went
six full innings, allowing 12 hits and four runs, three earned,
without walking a batter. He fanned four. First-year Tom Hester
relieved and went two innings, allowing one run on no hits, and
three walks. He struck out two.
Coleman took the loss, allowing three runs, all earned, on three
hits and one walk over 2/3 of an inning.
Williams had 10 hits in the loss. Mathews went 3 for 4 with a
triple.
