Cambridge, MA --- The WPI baseball team fell behind early and could not recover, dropping an 18-2 decision to host MIT in a NEWMAC contest Friday afternoon at Fran O'Brien Field. The Engineers of WPI fall to 10-10 on the season and 0-3 in conference play, while MIT improves to 8-10 overall and 3-1 in NEWMAC action. 

Tommy Burns (Morris Plains, NJ) and Andrew Cash (Marlboro, MA) each drove in a run for WPI. Burns brought home Matt Shea (Andover, MA) with an RBI single in the third, while Cash delivered a sacrifice fly in the fifth to score Jacob Wiberg (Exeter, NH). Camden Willems (The Woodlands, TX), James DiGiovanni (Kennebunk, ME), and Wiberg accounted for three of WPI's five hits on the day. D.C. Brown (Plymouth, MA) took the loss for WPI, allowing 12 runs (10 earned) over two innings. 

John Spivey (Saint Louis, MO) led the MIT offense, going 4-for-5 with three home runs and eight RBI. Owen Malone (Portsmouth, RI) added two hits and three RBI, including a two-run homer in the second inning. CJ McCarthy (Pawling, NY) contributed a two-RBI double in the second, and Teddy Schoenfeld (Boulder, CO) reached base three times, scored four runs, and added an RBI double in the fourth. 

Mason Estrada (Covington, LA) improved to 3-0 on the season, striking out five in four innings of work while allowing two runs on two hits and five walks.  Brian Rapanan (Gurnee, IL) worked the final three frames to secure his second save of 2025.

MIT jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first, highlighted by Spivey's two-run homer to right and an RBI groundout by Malachi Soqui (Castaic, CA). The hosts tacked on five more in the second behind Malone's blast and McCarthy's double. 

WPI got on the board in the third when Burns singled up the middle to bring in Shea. However, MIT answered with four runs in the bottom half, including a steal of home by John Dwyer (Northport, NY) and Spivey's second home run of the day, a three-run shot to left.

Spivey struck again in the fourth with his third homer, a three-run blast that capped a five-run inning for MIT and made it 17-1. Cash plated Wiberg in the fifth with a sacrifice fly, but MIT added its final run in the bottom half on a WPI throwing error. 

Both teams return to NEWMAC action on Tuesday. WPI hosts Emerson at the New England Baseball Complex at 3:30pm, while MIT travels to Springfield for a 3:30pm first pitch.