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2003 Johns Hopkins Baseball Season Review
May 30, 2003
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o Winning Tradition: The Johns Hopkins baseball team continued its winning tradition in 2003 with another outstanding campaign. The Blue Jays finished the season with a 34-7 record, won the Centennial Conference for the third straight season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time in school history. Hopkins, which boasts a 409-151-1 (.729) record since the start of the 1990 season, posted a 16-2 conference mark for the team's sixth overall conference title and reached the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in seven years. Entering this season, JHU ranked 13th in Division III for the best winning percentage since 1990, and 16th in total wins.
o NCAA Tournament: By winning the Centennial Conference for the third consecutive season and sixth time overall, Hopkins advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year, the fifth time in the last seven seasons and the 12th time in school history.
The Blue Jays earned the No. 2 seed and opened with a 14-4 win over No. 5 seed Alvernia College, which won the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. Following a 9-5 loss to No. 3 seed DeSales University, JHU stayed in the hunt with a 3-1 win over top seed Rowan University. Hopkins' exceptional season then came to a close on the final day of the tournament as the Blue Jays were eliminated by DeSales, 8-4.
The Blue Jays now sport a 16-25 (.390) all-time record in the NCAA Tournament. JHU's best finish in the NCAA's came during the 1989 season when the team advanced to the College World Series and eventually took third place. The Blue Jays also reached the NCAA tournament during the 1976, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002 seasons.
o Babb One Win Shy of 650: With two wins in the NCAA Tournament, head coach Bob Babb finished his 24th season at Johns Hopkins just one win shy of 650 for his career. Babb, who is the all-time winningest baseball coach in JHU history, sports a 649-247-8 (.722) record. Last season, Babb became the 14th active Division III head coach with 600 wins as JHU defeated Franklin & Marshall, 4-1, on April 6. Under Babb's guidance, Hopkins has captured 10 Middle Atlantic Conference Southeast League titles, seven UAA titles, six Centennial Conference Championships, and made 11 appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Over the last three seasons, he has led the team to a 102-30 (.772) overall record, three conference championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
o 30-Win Plateau: With Hopkins' 9-2 win over Muhlenberg in the Centennial Conference Playoffs, the Blue Jays reached the 30-win mark for the third straight year and the ninth time in school history. JHU's 34 wins were just two shy of the school-record set by the 1998 squad, which posted a 36-4 mark. Hopkins won 35 games last year and 33 during the 2001 season. The Blue Jays also extended their streak of consecutive 25-win seasons to 12 and have not had a losing season under head coach Bob Babb.
o Three-Peat: After earning the top seed in the Centennial Playoffs with a 16-2 conference record, Hopkins defeated Muhlenberg twice in the best-of-three championship series to win its third consecutive conference title. The Blue Jays won the first game, 9-2, and captured the title with a 6-4 win in the second game. JHU has won six Centennial Conference titles, which is most in the league, while Ursinus has won three and Franklin & Marshall has won one. Hopkins also captured the Centennial title during the 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 seasons. Overall, JHU sports a 141-38 (.787) all-time record in Centennial Conference games to rank first in the league.
o Strength in Numbers: Once again, depth was a key factor for JHU's success this season. This season, 24 players saw time in the field and 11 pitchers took the mound. Twenty-two players recorded at least one RBI, while 22 players scored a run and 23 players tallied at least one hit. Fourteen players drove in 10 or more runs, while 15 players scored at least 10 runs. Eight pitchers started two or more games this year and 10 pitchers made at least six appearances.
o Scoring in Bunches: The Blue Jays finished the season with 364 runs in 41 games for an average of 8.87 runs per game. Hopkins scored 10 runs or more in 16 games, including a school-record 32 runs in a 32-2 win against Washington on April 14. The Blue Jays also scored 23 runs against Swarthmore in a 23-8 on April 6. Hopkins has scored 20 or more runs 33 times in school history. JHU scored at least four runs in an inning on 26 occasions. In 2002, the Blue Jays averaged 9.09 runs in 44 games for a total of 400 runs.
o Blue Jays Set Homer Mark: Sophomore Mike Spiciarich hit two home runs and freshman Corey Gleason added one against York on May 7 to give Hopkins a school-record 58 home runs. The Blue Jays added three in the NCAA Tournament to finish the season with 61 and averaged 1.48 home runs per game to break the mark of 57 set last season in 44 games. A total of 17 players hit at least one home run, while eight players hit three or more homers.
o Winning Big: Hopkins won 17 games by seven runs or more this season, including 13 games by nine runs or more, and outscored opponents by an average margin of 5.39 runs per game. JHU was 20-1 in games decided by five or more runs. In 2002, JHU won a total of 14 games by at least seven runs. Of Hopkins' seven losses, just one was by more than four runs, a 12-7 setback against Elizabethtown on March 19.
o Streaking: The Blue Jays posted three winning streaks of eight games or more this season, including an 11-game winning streak April 14 through April 28. Hopkins won eight straight games to start the year and also won eight consecutive games from March 23 through April 6. JHU has 10 winning streaks of five games or more since the start of the 2001 season. JHU won 10 consecutive games at one point last season, while the school record for consecutive wins is 18 set by the 1989 team.
o All-Centennial Conference: Seven Johns Hopkins baseball players were honored on the 2003 All-Centennial Conference baseball teams as selected by the conference's 10 head coaches. The Blue Jays, who won their third straight Centennial Conference Championship and sixth overall, placed four players on the first team and three on the second team.
Senior Jeremy Brown and sophomore Paul Winterling highlighted the group as they earned Pitcher of the Year and Player of the Year honors, respectively. Brown became JHU's third straight Pitcher of the Year selection and fifth in the last seven seasons, while Winterling is the sixth Blue Jay to earn Player of the Year honors and first since 2000.
Brown was tied for the team lead with a career-high eight wins and posted a 3.27 ERA in 66.0 innings pitched. He also led the team in starts (10), complete games (5) and strikeouts (77), while limiting opponents to a combined .213 average. Brown, who pitched a no-hitter against Lakeland in his first start of the year, recorded double figure strikeouts in three games and sports a 15-5 record for his career.
Winterling, who earned Centennial honors for the first time, had an exceptional campaign in his second year as a Blue Jay. He batted .397 with a team-high 50 hits in 126 at-bats and led the team with 46 runs, 13 doubles, 12 home runs, 46 RBIs, 12 stolen bases and a .817 slugging percentage.
Joining Brown and Winterling on the first team were sophomore second baseman Mike Spiciarich and senior designated hitter Jay Cieri. Spiciarich earned Centennial honors for the first time in his first season as a starter. He batted .393 with 42 hits in 107 at-bats and also totaled 37 runs scored, 12 doubles, eight stolen bases, four home runs, 20 RBIs and three triples.
Cieri, who was named to the second team in 2002, has batted .349 with 37 hits in 106 at-bats from the leadoff position. He led the Blue Jays in walks (30) and on-base percentage (.504), while ranking third in runs scored (35) and stolen bases (10). Cieri has added five home runs, 20 RBIs and four doubles.
Earning second team honors were sophomore first baseman Mike Durgala, sophomore third baseman Paul Long and junior outfielder Craig Cetta. Cetta was named to the second team for the second straight season, while Durgala and Long received Centennial honors for the first time.
Cetta batted .333 with 40 hits in 120 at-bats and totaled 28 runs scored and 29 runs batted in. He also was third on the team with a career-high six home runs, while adding seven stolen bases, eight doubles and two triples.
Durgala was second on the team with 44 runs batted in and 10 home runs, while hitting .380 with 46 hits in 121 at-bats. He also totaled 35 runs scored, 10 doubles, nine stolen bases and a .711 slugging percentage. In his first year as a starter, Long hit .361 with 39 hits in 108 at-bats. He was second on the team with 11 stolen bases and totaled 28 runs, 11 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 27 runs batted in.
o Record-Breaking Performance: In Hopkins' 32-2 win over Washington College, the Blue Jays set a school record for runs in a game and tied the NCAA Division III record for grand slams, while Paul Winterling tied one NCAA mark and fell just shy of another. Winterling tied the NCAA record with two grand slams in one game and totaled 11 runs batted in, just one RBI shy of the record. Bryan Eberle added a grand slam as JHU became just the second school in Division III to hit three grand slams in a game. Winterling also hit a three-run home run as the Blue Jays belted eight home runs in the game.
o Home Sweet Home: The Blue Jays finished the season with a 14-1 record at home, including an 8-0 record in Centennial Conference play. Hopkins was 18-3 at home in 2002 with a 10-0 mark in conference play, and 12-2 during the 2001 season. In the last six years, JHU sports a 78-17 (.821) at home.
o Pitching Staff Shines: Blue Jay pitchers allowed more than six runs just twice in the final 22 games and gave up four runs or less in 31 or 41 games to lower the team's combined ERA to 3.35. JHU struck out a school-record 302 batters in 324.2 innings, breaking the record of 290 set by the 2001 squad in 373.2 innings. The pitching staff also became the first in school history to total more strikeouts (302) than hits allowed (274).
Individual Blue Jay Notes
#2 Mike Spiciarich, So, INF: Batted .393 with 42 hits in 107 at-bats o second on team in runs (37) and doubles (12) and tied for the team lead with three triples o also totaled four home runs, 20 RBIs and eight stolen bases, while placing third on the team with a .673 slugging percentage o was 4-for-4 with four runs as JHU clinched the top seed in the Centennial Playoffs with a 15-3 win over Ursinus o went 3-for-3 with four runs, two home runs and three RBIs in the final regular season game against York o belted a three-run home run and totaled three runs and four runs batted in versus Alvernia in the NCAA Regional Tournament o 1st Team All-Centennial o 2nd Team All-Region.
#3 Rob Morrison, Jr, OF: Played in 20 games o batted .273 with nine hits in 33 at-bats o tallied 11 runs, two doubles, six RBIs and two stolen bases o batted .312 (5-for-16) with runners in scoring position o was 2-for-4 with two runs and a run batted in against Washington on April 14 o collected a season-high three hits versus Villa Julie on April 16 o Centennial Academic Honor Roll.
#4 David Luongo, Jr, INF: Saw action in 11 games making two starts o batted .286 (4-for-14) and also totaled two runs, two RBIs and a stolen base o recorded his first hit and RBI in a 4-0 win against St. Joseph's on March 14 o was 1-for-2 with a double, a run scored and a run batted in versus York in a 16-5 win on May 7.
#5 Jason Hochfelder, So, P: Posted a team-best 1.50 earned run average in 13 relief appearances o allowed just two runs on 12 hits in 12 innings while striking out 11 and walking seven o limited opponents to a combined .245 average o recorded seven consecutive scoreless appearances from April 2 to May 7 o boasts a career ERA of 1.42.
#6 Brian Morley, Jr, OF: Played in 24 games making 13 starts o batted .283 (15-for-53) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, one home run and 10 runs batted in o was 3-for-10 as a pinch hitter o posted a seven-game hitting streak from April 6 through April 21 o was 2-for-3 with three RBIs in a 9-5 win against St. Joseph's on March 14 o belted his fifth career home run, a two-run shot, against Elizabethtown on March 19 o went 2-for-2 with an RBI and three runs scored in a 32-2 win over Washington on April 14 o was 1-for-3 with his first career triple versus York on May 7.
#7 Carl Ippolito, Jr, INF: Started 13 games and played in 15 overall o missed the final 22 games of the season due to injury o batted .227 (10-for-44) with 10 runs scored, two doubles, one home run and nine runs batted in o was 1-for-2 with two RBIs in 9-0 win over Lakeland o went 2-for-3 with two runs and a home run against Ithaca on March 23 o was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs in the conference opener against Gettysburg on March 25.
#8 Jim Flannery, Fr, P: Pitched in six games making two starts o was 2-0 with a 3.15 ERA in 20 innings o allowed just nine hits and a .127 opponents average, while finishing tied for fifth on the team with 26 strikeouts o struck out 13 batters and walked three in a one-hit shutout of St. Joseph's on March 14 o recorded eight strikeouts and gave up just three runs on three hits in seven innings to earn his second win as JHU defeated Villa Julie 10-5.
#9 Andrew Bail, Fr, P: Appeared in eight games out of the bullpen o was 1-0 with a 3.27 earned run average in 11 innings o allowed four runs on 14 hits, while walking two and striking out nine o recorded two strikeouts in two scoreless innings in his first career game against William Penn on March 11 o struck out two batters in one scoreless innings versus #26 Ithaca on March 23.
#10 Bryan Eberle, Jr, C: Started 14 games and played in 22 overall o set career highs in every major offensive category o batted .420 (21-for-50) with 10 runs, two doubles, three home runs and 17 RBIs o was 2-for-2 with two grand slams with the bases loaded and hit .500 (11-for-22) with runners in scoring position o fourth on the team with 10 two-out RBIs o went 4-for-4 with one RBI against William Penn on March 11 o was 1-for-3 with two runs and a grand slam versus Catholic on April 3 o drove in a career-high five runs and was 3-for-4 with a grand slam and three runs scored against Washington on April 14 o went 3-for-5 with two runs, three RBIs and a home run in win over Villa Julie on April 16 o Centennial Academic Honor Roll.
#11 Dave Montegari, So, OF/P: Played in 12 games making three starts o batted .167 (3-for-18) with five runs, one home run and three runs batted in o also made one appearance on the mound, pitching one inning against Elizabethtown on March 19 o went 1-for-4 with a run scored against Transylvania on March 10 o was 1-for-2 with a two-run home run in a 4-0 win over St. Joseph's on March 14.
#12 Mike Durgala, So, 1B: Started 34 games o batted .380 (46-for-121) and was second on the team with 44 RBIs, 10 home runs and a .711 slugging percentage o also totaled 35 runs scored, 10 doubles, nine stolen bases and was hit by a pitch a team-high 10 times o hit .439 (25-for-57) with runners in scoring position and was second on the team with 16 two-out RBIs o was 1-for-4 with a grand slam versus Baldwin-Wallace on March 9 o went 2-for-4 with two runs, five RBIs and a two-run home run against McDaniel on April 15 o collected four hits in five at-bats to go with three runs two RBIs versus Ursinus on April 28 o hit a two-run home run and a two-run double versus Muhlenberg in the Centennial Playoffs o 2nd Team All-Centennial o Honorable Mention All-Region.
#13 Jay Cieri, Sr, DH: Started all 33 games in which he played o batted .349 (37-for-106) from the leadoff spot with 35 runs, five home runs, 20 runs batted in and 10 stolen bases o led the team for the second straight season with 30 walks and a .504 on-base percentage o started the season 7-for-7 in his first three games o was 1-for-1 with four runs and a solo home run in the season opener versus Albion o went 4-for-4 with three runs, three RBIs and a two-run home run versus William Penn on March 11 o scored four runs against Swarthmore on April 6 o was 2-for-2 with three runs and a solo home run versus Muhlenberg on April 27 o 1st Team All-Centennial o Honorable Mention All-Region.
#14 Jason Thayer, Fr, P: Pitched in 11 games and made two starts o was 2-0 with a 3.26 ERA in 19.1 innings o recorded 18 strikeouts while allowing 15 hits and a .214 combined opponents average o struck out both batters he faced for his first career save versus Transylvania on March 10 o pitched 1.2 scoreless innings to earn his first career win against Widener on March 18 o struck out five and allowed just one run in a complete game victory over Ursinus on April 28 o made two appearances in the NCAA Regional Tournament and did not allow a run in 1.1 innings.
#15 Tim Casale, Jr, INF: started 27 of 34 games played o batted .237 (23-for-97) while playing excellent defense at second base and shortstop o totaled 19 runs, five doubles, one triple, four stolen bases and a career-high three home runs and 20 runs batted in o batted .478 (11-for-23) during a season-high seven-game hitting streak from April 14 to April 24 o was 2-for-5 with his first career home run in a 10-5 win over Villa Julie on April 16 o collected three hits and two RBIs as Hopkins defeated McDaniel on April 21 o went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and two runs batted in against Washington on April 24 o provided the winning margin with a two-run home run as JHU topped Muhlenberg, 3-2, on April 27.
#16 Joe Urban, Sr, OF: Started all 32 games in which he played o batted .292 with 28 hits in 96 at-bats o was second on the team with 18 walks and tied for fourth with nine stolen bases o also totaled 25 runs, seven doubles, two home runs and 14 runs batted in o batted .372 (16-for-43) with runners on base and .324 (11-for-34) with runners in scoring position o finished his career with a .349 career average, 91 runs, 118 hits, 14 home runs and 83 RBIs o was 2-for-2 with three runs and a home run in a 16-3 win over William Penn on March 11 o went 2-for-4 with two runs and a solo home run against Dickinson on April 4 o was 2-for-4 with two RBIs as JHU clinched the top seed in the Centennial with a win over Ursinus o batted .384 (5-for-13) with three runs and an RBI in the NCAA Regional Tournament.
#17 Jeremy Brown, Sr, P: Made a team-high 10 starts and appeared in 13 games overall o tied for the team lead with eight wins and posted a 3.27 ERA in a team-high 66 innings pitched o led the team with five complete games and totaled a career-high 77 strikeouts o allowed just 52 hits and a combined opponents average of .213 o limited opponents to a .194 (20-for-103) average with runners on base o pitched the sixth no-hitter in school history against 19th-ranked Lakeland on March 8, striking out 12 and walking just one o struck out a career-high 14 batters and allowed just one run on six hits in a 8-1 win over McDaniel on April 21 o recorded 11 strikeouts and gave up one run on five hits as Hopkins defeated Muhlenberg, 6-1, on April 27 o struck out nine versus Muhlenberg in a complete-game win in the Centennial Conference Tournament on May 3 o earned the win against Alvernia in the NCAA Regional Tournament on May 15 as he struck out seven batters in seven innings while allowing two runs on six hits o Centennial Pitcher-of-the-Year o 1st Team All-Centennial o 1st Team All-Region.
#18 Paul Long, So, INF: Played in 36 games making 32 starts o batted .361 and was fifth on the team with 39 hits o was second on the team with 11 stolen bases and tied for the team lead with three triples o also registered 28 runs scored, 11 doubles, five home runs and 27 runs batted in o hit .459 (17-for-37) with runners in scoring position o hit a three-run home run in a 15-12 win over #5 Wooster on March 13 o drilled a three-run home run against Washington on April 14 o went 3-for-4 with three runs and two solo home runs versus McDaniel on April 21 o was 4-for-4 with two runs, two doubles and five RBIs as JHU defeated Ursinus, 15-3, to clinch the top seed in the conference o went 2-for-3 with a three-run double in a 14-4 win over Alvernia in the NCAA Regional Tournament o 2nd Team All-Centennial o 2nd Team All-Region.
#19 Russ Berger, Jr, P: Pitched in 11 games making nine starts o was 8-0 with a 3.04 earned run average in 56.1 innings o was second on the team with three complete games and led Hopkins with two shutouts o walked just five batters and collected 26 strikeouts o ranks fourth at Hopkins with a career winning percentage of .809 (17-4) o had a consecutive scoreless inning streak of 22 innings in a span of four games from April 14 to April 30 o gave up just two hits and a walk in a shutout of Haverford on April 19 and followed that with a six-hit shutout of Washington on April 24 o pitched a complete game and allowed one run on seven hits in an elimination-game win over Ursinus in the NCAA Tournament on May 17 o Centennial Academic Honor Roll o Mid-Atlantic Regional All-Tournament Team.
#20 Doug Hitchner, Jr, C: Played in 26 games and made 23 starts o hit .314 with 22 hits in 70 at-bats o totaled 11 runs, two doubles, two home runs and 10 runs batted in o batted .381 (8-for-21) with runners in scoring position o committed just one error in 173 chances for a .994 fielding percentage o was 2-for-2 with a solo home run against Elizabethtown on March 19 o drove in two runs on two hits in JHU's 14-5 win over Dickinson on April 2 o posted a season-high eight-game hitting streak from March 9 to April 2 o went 1-for-3 with a solo home run against Washington on April 14 o hit .555 (5-for-9) with five runs and an RBI in the NCAA Regional Tournament o was 2-for-2 with a career-high four runs scored against Alvernia on May 15 o collected two hits and a run batted in versus Rowan on May 17 o Mid-Atlantic Regional All-Tournament Team.
#21 Adam Josephart, Jr, P: Started four games and made three appearances out of the bullpen o was 2-1 with a 4.82 ERA in 18.2 innings o struck out 16 batters and gave up 15 hits, while limiting opponents to a combined average of .211 o held right-handers to a combined average of .163 (8-for49) o earned his first career victory against William Penn on March 11 o struck out a career-high six batters and gave up one run on three hits to earn the win against Catholic on April 3 o pitched a scoreless inning versus DeSales in the NCAA Regional Tournament.
#23 Gary Rosenberg, Fr, 3B: Saw action in 19 games making eight starts o posted a .488 batting average with 20 hits in 41 at-bats o also registered nine runs, four doubles, one home run, 12 RBIs, a .659 slugging percentage and a .511 on-base percentage o hit .591 (13-for-22) with runners on base and .500 (7-for-14) with runners in scoring position o was 1-for-4 with a two-run home run, the first of his career, against William Penn on March 11 o was 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI versus Catholic on April 3 o collected four hits, including two doubles, in four at-bats against Villa Julie on April 16 o was 2-for-4 with three runs batted in in a 16-5 win over York on May 7.
#24 Corey Gleason, Fr, INF: Started 10 games and played in 18 overall at second base and shortstop o hit .340 with 16 hits in 47 at-bats o totaled 15 runs, nine doubles, two home runs and 13 runs batted in o batted .391 (9-for-23) with runners in scoring position o was 3-for-4 with two runs, two doubles and three RBIs in his first career start against Baldwin-Wallace on March 9 o hit his first career home run, a three-run shot, against Catholic on April 3 o went 2-for-2 with three runs and two RBIs versus Washington on April 14 o was 3-for-5 with three runs, a double, a three-run home run and four runs batted in against York on May 7.
#25 Ryan McConnell, So, P/OF: Made 12 appearances, starting seven games o went 3-2 with one complete game and 4.34 ERA o second on the team with 53 strikeouts in 45.2 innings o allowed just 35 hits and a .212 combined average for opponents o struck out five in 4.1 innings of relief to earn his first win as a Blue Jay against Wooster on March 13 o allowed one run on four hits while striking out eight in five innings versus Widener on March 18 o struck out six and gave up two runs on three hits against Ursinus on April 28 o recorded nine strikeouts in 7.1 innings to earn the win as Hopkins defeated Muhlenberg for the Centennial Conference title on May 4.
#26 Paul Winterling, So, OF: Started 33 of the 34 games in which he played o batted .397 with a team-high 50 hits in 126 at-bats o led the team in runs (46), doubles (13), home runs (12), RBIs (46), stolen bases (12), total bases (103) and slugging percentage (.817) o hit .435 (27-for-62) with runners in scoring position o his 12 home runs and .817 slugging percentage rank third on JHU's single-season records list o was 4-for-5 with four runs, two home runs and five RBIs against #5 Wooster on March 13 o collected three hits in four at-bats with three runs and a two-run home run versus St. Joseph's on March 14 o belted a game-winning two-run home run against Swarthmore on April 6 in a 4-3 win o went 4-for-6 with four runs, three home runs, including two grand slams, and 11 runs batted in in a 32-2 win over Washington on April 14 o tied the NCAA record with two grand slams in a game and was one RBI shy of tying the record for RBIs in a game o batted .353 (6-for-17) with four runs, two home runs and six RBIs in four NCAA Tournament games o Centennial Player-of-the-Year o 1st Team All-Centennial o 1st Team All-Region o Mid-Atlantic Regional All-Tournament Team.
#27 Steve Eno, Fr, C: Played in seven games o hit .429 with three hits in seven at-bats o also totaled four runs scored and two doubles o was 2-for-3 with three runs against Washington on April 14 o went 1-for-1 with one run versus York on May 7.
#28 Sven Stafford, Jr, P/1B: Appeared in 13 games on the mound and nine games in the field or as the designated hitter o made four starts and nine relief appearances o posted a 3-2 record with a 3.63 ERA in 34.2 innings o tied for the team lead with three saves and also totaled a career-high 31 strikeouts and one complete game o allowed just two earned runs on four hits while striking out eight in 7.1 innings in his first career start against Wayne State on March 15 o gave up two earned runs on six hits in six innings to earn the win versus McDaniel on April 15 o did not allow a run and recorded three saves in five appearances from April 19 to May 7 o batted .143 with four hits in 28 at-bats o also totaled four runs scored, one home run and seven RBIs o was 2-for-4 with a grand slam in the season opener versus Albion on March 8.
#29 Brian Harris, So, C: Played in 10 games making four starts o hit .294 with five hits in 17 at-bats o also totaled one double and three runs batted in o was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI against Transylvania on March 10 in his first career start o collected a hit and an RBI in games versus Catholic on April 3 and Swarthmore on April 6.
#31 Eric Nigro, So, OF: Made 11 starts and played in 19 games overall o batted .304 with 14 hits in 46 at-bats o totaled 18 runs, five doubles, two home runs and 15 runs batted in o hit .389 (7-for-18) with runners in scoring position o drove in three runs against #19 Lakeland on March 8 o was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs versus St. Joseph's on March 14 o hit the first home run of his career and drove in two runs against Washington on April 14 o went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run against Ursinus in a 3-1 win on April 28 o was 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs versus York on May 7.
#32 Craig Cetta, Jr, OF: Started 33 games and played in 35 overall o batted .333 and was fourth on the team with 40 hits o scored 28 runs and was third on the team with six home runs and 29 runs batted in o also totaled eight doubles, two triples and seven stolen bases o hit .304 (14-for-46) with runners in scoring position and was third on the team with 11 two-out RBIs o was 3-for-3 with three runs and an RBI against Albion in the season opener o belted a two-run home run as JHU defeated Widener, 4-3, on March 18 o went 2-for-2 with three runs, a three-run home run and four runs batted in versus Haverford on April 19 o was 2-for-5 with two runs and a solo home run against Muhlenberg in the Centennial Playoffs o 2nd Team All-Centennial.
#33 Matt Righter, Jr, P: Made a team-high 16 appearances on the mound o was 5-0 with a career-best 2.47 ERA o started three games and tied for the team lead with three saves o third on the team with 35 strikeouts in 40 innings o struck out five batters in six shutout innings for his first win of the season against Transylvania on March 10 o recorded four strikeouts and allowed just one hit in 2.1 innings to earn the save versus St. Joseph's on March 14 o pitched three scoreless innings to earn the save against McDaniel on April 15 o allowed one earned run in 6.1 innings to pick up the win versus Muhlenberg on April 27 o struck out one batter in 1.2 innings for the save against Muhlenberg in the Centennial Playoffs on May 4.
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