THE BASICS:
 
- Records: MIT (2-8-1); No. 21 Chapman (13-5)
 
- Scores: No. 21 Chapman 12, MIT 2
 
- Location: Orange, Calif. (Hart Park)
 
- The Lead: On Tuesday night at Hart Park, the MIT baseball team dropped a 12-2 road final at No. 21 ranked Chapman University. The game was the fourth for the team on the six-game spring break trip to Southern California.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The Panthers pushed across a single run in the bottom of the second off of MIT starter Casey Bussone (Danvers, Mass.). Chapman put up six runs in the fifth, led by a Nick Kondo grand slam that chased Bussone from the game after five innings of work. Kai Osaka added a solo home run in the sixth for the 8-0 lead before the Engineers got on the board in the top of the seventh.
 
- With one out in the inning, sophomore Teddy Schoenfeld (Boulder, Colo.) drove a ball up the middle that scored senior Cory O'Shea (Glen Allen, Va.) and first-year Reed Tubbs (Pflugerville, Texas) to make it an 8-2 margin. Josh Phillips capped off the scoring with another Chapman grand slam in the bottom of the inning to account for the 12-2 final.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Schoenfeld led the MIT offense with a 4-for-5 day with two RBI, while five Panthers ended up with two hits each.
 
- On the mound, Bussone fell to 0-2 in the loss as he scattered eight hits and four strikeouts. Chapman had a staff day with the pitchers as Turner White picked up the win with two innings of hitless relief to move to 1-0 on the season.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Wednesday, March 23rd as the Engineers travel to the University of Redlands for a 3 p.m. Pacific start at The Yard.
 
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