THE BASICS:
 
- Records: MIT (0-3); No. 2 SUNY Cortland (5-1)
 
- Scores: No. 2 SUNY Cortland 7, MIT 1
 
- Location: Baltimore, Md. (Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium)
 
- The Lead: In the final game of the three-game season-opening trip to Baltimore, the MIT baseball team dropped a 7-1 final to No. 2 ranked SUNY Cortland on Sunday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The Dragons got on the board with a pair of runs in the top of the first as Hunter Holliday was hit by a pitch to reach base, advanced to third on a base hit and came home on a sacrifice fly by Danny Coleman. The other run scored on a balk as Paul Franzese crossed the plate with one out.
 
- MIT cut the margin in half in the top of the third as senior Nick Aiello (Freehold, N.J.) reached on an error to lead off the inning and moved to second on a walk by junior Erik Anderson (Palos Verdes, Calif.). After a hit by pitch loaded the bases, Cortland pitcher Zack Durant walked junior Jake Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) to bring home Aiello for the 2-1 score.
 
- In the top of the fourth, the Dragons loaded the bases on three straight hits before MIT junior Graham Cartwright (La Jolla, Calif.) struck out the next two batters. SUNY Cortland struck for a pair of two-out runs on a two-RBI single to right center by Scott Giordano that scored Antonio Pragana and Matthew Krafft to make it a 4-1 game. First-year James Moore (Los Gatos, Calif.) came on in relief for MIT and got the Engineers out of the jam with a strikeout of Coleman.
 
- Mat Bruno led off the fifth with a triple to center and scored on a groundout by Krafft for the 5-1 margin. In the bottom of the frame, first-year Reed Tubbs (Pflugerville, Texas) was hit by a pitch and sophomore Michael Finch (Brentwood, Tenn.) picked up a ground-rule double to give MIT a pair of runners in scoring position. Cortland reliever Patrick Dalton worked his way out of the jam as he struck out the final two batters to send the game to the sixth at 5-1.
 
- The Dragons added single runs in the sixth and ninth innings, including a solo homer by Krafft in the ninth to close out the scoring.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Cartwright went 3.2 innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts as he is now 0-1 on the season. Reliever Dylan Beers picked up the win for the Dragons and is now 1-0 on the year.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Thursday, March 3rd as the Engineers travel to nearby UMass Boston for a 3 p.m. start.
 
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