THE BASICS:
- Records: MIT (8-7, 3-0 NEWMAC); Springfield College (7-11-1, 1-2 NEWMAC)
- Score: MIT 13, Springfield College 5
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Fran O'Brien Field)
- The Lead: On Tuesday afternoon, the MIT baseball team ran its winning streak to three straight games with a 13-5 home victory over Springfield College at Fran O'Brien Field.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Pride took an early 3-0 lead in the second behind RBI extra-base hits from Andrew McCarty and Max Giacco. MIT answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning as junior Tyler Godfrey (Rowley, Mass.) singled with two outs and came home on a mammoth two-run home run to center by junior Kennan Gumbs (New York, N.Y.).
- The Engineers took the lead for good in the bottom of the third as an RBI single up the middle from senior Kyle Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) tied the game, followed by a two-RBI double to right center by senior Graham Cartwright (La Jolla, Calif.) to go ahead at 5-3.
- Springfield pulled within 5-4 on an unearned run in the top of the fourth before a third RBI from Cartwright scored junior Teddy Schoenfeld (Boulder, Colo.) to make it a 6-4 game. The MIT scoring run continued in the bottom of the sixth with a four-run frame that extended the lead to 10-4 as a bases-clearing double down the right field line by senior Jake Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) keyed the offensive outburst.
- The Engineers added three more in the bottom of the seventh, along with a single run by Springfield. Sophomore Ethan Siegel (Austin, Texas) came in for the ninth inning and recorded a pair of strikeouts to close out the 13-5 final in favor of MIT.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Cartwright led MIT with a 3-for-4 day with three RBI, along with two hits each from Jake Sonandres, Godfrey and Gumbs. Sonandres also drove in three runs, while Godfrey and Gumbs scored three times each.
- Noah Diamond and Michael Lepere each led Springfield with two hits each as MIT outhit the Pride by an 11-7 margin overall.
- First-year Chase Rubin (Arlington, Va.) picked up the win with 4.2 innings of one-hit relief as he moved to 2-0 on the season. Springfield starter Colby Welch took the loss to fall to 0-3 as he gave up six hits and five runs in 2.1 innings pitched.
UP NEXT:
- MIT is back in action on Wednesday, April 5th as the Engineers host Tufts University for a non-conference matchup at Fran O'Brien Field. Game time has been moved up 30 minutes due to the potential for rain and will now begin at 3 p.m.
STAY CONNECTED:
- For the latest on MIT Athletics, follow the Engineers via social media on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.