PHOENIX, AZ. — The Williams College baseball team dropped its second game in four days to Johns Hopkins Thursday, falling by an 8-4 score.
The loss leaves the Ephs 2-2 after the first four games of their spring break trip. They will face Gustavus Adolphus in a doubleheader tomorrow afternoon.
Thursday's game was scoreless through three innings, but the Blue Jays struck for two runs in the fourth, fifth and six innings to build a 6-0 lead. Williams countered with two in its half of of the sixth when Marco Hernandez singled with one out. Phil McGovern kept the inning alive with a two-out single and Ben Oliva laced an RBI-single to right. Luke Pierce hit by a pitch to load the bases and Taylor Mondshein drew a bases loaded walk to forced in the second run. But Hopkns hurler Ben Platt induced Darren Hartwell to pop up with the bases loaded to end the threat.
The Ephs would not score again until the bottom of the ninth. Trailing 8-2, Mondshein led off with a walk and Hartwell reached on a two-base error that chased Mondshein to third. Cameron Susk grounded out to third, scoring Mondshein in the process and Andrew Bishop delivered a two-out, pinch-hit RBI-double to account for the final run.
The Ephs had just eight hits in the loss, led by Hernandez, who was 2 for 4.
Jimmy Ray (0-1) got the start for the Ephs and went six full frames, allowing 12 hits and one walk while striking out three. Lucas Casso and Harry Marino each tossed a scoreless inning of relief.
