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Hopkins Downs Muhlenberg, 9-2, Takes Lead in Centennial Championship Series
May 3, 2003
BALTIMORE, MD - Sophomore Mike Durgala (Annandale, VA/Thomas Jefferson) was 2-for-4 with a home run and four runs batted in to lead the Johns Hopkins baseball team past Muhlenberg, 9-2, in the first game of the three-game Centennial Conference Championship series Saturday afternoon at Johns Hopkins.
Senior Jeremy Brown (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh School) struck out nine batters in his fifth complete game as the Blue Jays improved to 30-5 on the season with their 13th win in the last 14 games. JHU reached 30 wins for the ninth time in school history. The Mules fell to 21-13-1 on the year and will serve as the home team in the second game of the series Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
Hopkins jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first as Durgala drilled a two-run home run to left field, his 10th of the season, but the Mules responded with two runs in the top of the next inning to tie the game at 2-2. C.J. Kessler walked to lead off the inning and Ryan Jaxheimer followed with a single before Joel Rush smacked a double to center field to drive in both runners.
The Blue Jays answered with a run in the bottom of the second to take the lead for good as sophomore Paul Long (Oklahoma City, OK/Heritage Hall) singled and scored three batters later on a single by junior Doug Hitchner (Haverford, PA/Episcopal Academy).
JHU added six runs over the next five innings to set the final margin of 9-2. Senior Joe Urban (Nanticoke, PA/Bishop Hoban) drove in a run with a double to deep center, junior Craig Cetta (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) crushed his sixth home run of the season, a solo shot to left field, and Durgala drove in two more runs with a single in the eighth.
Brown improved to 7-2 as he allowed two runs on seven hits for his fourth straight win. He has struck out 34 batters in his last three starts, a total of 25 innings. Aaron Regensburg suffered the loss for Muhlenberg to fall to 3-4 as he gave up seven runs on nine hits in seven innings.
Cetta was 2-fr-5 with two runs, while Long went 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs and sophomore Paul Winterling (Glenelg, MD/McDonogh School) recorded a triple and three runs scored. Rush finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs batted in and a double, while Ben Carr added two hits in five at-bats for the Mules.
Muhlenberg, which rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to defeat McDaniel, 7-6, in the opening game of the tournament on Friday, came back from a 5-3 deficit to top No. 2 seed Ursinus in Saturday's first game.
The Mules opened the scoring in the top of the second as Matt Long singled and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Rush. Muhlenberg added a run in the fourth as Long singled and scored on a two-out single from Adam Sadler, but Ursinus cut the margin to 2-1 in the bottom of the inning as Jon Sheppard singled and scored on a single up the middle by Ted Piotrowicz.
Muhlenberg tallied a single run in the fifth to take a 3-1 advantage, but the Bears answered in the bottom of the seventh as Jason Marakovits belted a grand slam to left field to give Ursinus a 5-3 lead.
The lead would not last as Muhlenberg struck for three runs in the top of the next inning. Rush led off with a walk and Sadler drilled a two-run home run to left field to tie the game at 5-5. With one out, Justin Graf singled to left and advanced to second on a groundout by Justin Rubenstein. Graf then stole third and scored the game-winning run on a single by Carr.
Chris O'Conner earned his seventh win of the season for Mules as he allowed four earned runs on 10 hits in 7.1 innings. Kevin Komeshok pitched the final 1.2 innings for his sixth save of the season. Noah White suffered the loss for Ursinus after allowing one run on two hits in two innings.
Centennial Semifinal
Centennial Championship Game 1 (Best of Three)
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