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Jake Sonandres running across the field
9
Winner Springfield SPR 10-14, 3-3 NEWMAC
7
MIT MIT 7-13-1, 2-4 NEWMAC
Winner
Springfield SPR
10-14, 3-3 NEWMAC
9
Final
7
MIT MIT
7-13-1, 2-4 NEWMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Springfield SPR 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 8 0
MIT MIT 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 9 4

W: N. Bleakley (2-0) L: Moore, Jimmy (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Drops Back-and-Forth Home Final to Springfield

THE BASICS:
 
- Records: MIT (7-13-1, 2-4 NEWMAC); Springfield College (10-14, 3-3 NEWMAC)
 
- Scores: Springfield College 9, MIT 7
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Fran O'Brien Field)
 
- The Lead: In a back-and-forth game on Tuesday afternoon, the MIT baseball team dropped a 9-7 home final to Springfield College in NEWMAC play at Fran O'Brien Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The Pride took a 3-0 lead in the first inning as the visitors took advantage of four walks and a trio of wild pitches. MIT cut the margin down to 3-1 in the bottom of the first with two outs as sophomore Michael Finch (Brentwood, Tenn.) drove in junior Kyle Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) from third.
 
- Springfield scored a pair of unearned runs in the second, followed by two runs for the Engineers in the bottom of the third as first-year Malachi Soqui (Castaic, Calif.) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and junior Jake Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) scored on a bases-loaded fielder's choice.
 
- The game headed into the last two innings at 6-4 in favor of the Pride before the Engineers rallied to take their first lead. In the top of the eighth, MIT reliever Saketh Gabbita (Ashburn, Va.) made a great play at the plate as he made a shoestring grab and threw out Joe Penkala at the plate to keep it as a two-run game.
 
- In the bottom of the inning, Soqui laced a two-RBI single to left to tie the game and senior Nick Aiello (Freehold, N.J.) put MIT up with an RBI single to center that made it a 7-6 game. In a wild top of the ninth, first-year James Moore (Los Gatos, Calif.) came on in relief of Gabbita and got two outs before Noah Diamond doubled to right field to clear the bases to put the Pride back up 9-7.
 
- In the bottom of the ninth, Noah Bleakley struck out the side to secure the victory.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Kyle Sonandres finished 4-for-4 with three runs scored, along with two hits from Finch and eight total walks for the Engineers. Diamond and Penkala led the Pride with two hits each, including three runs batted in for Diamond.
 
- Bleakley improved to 2-0 overall after 2.1 innings of relief, while Moore took the loss for MIT and is now 0-1 on the season.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back in action on Wednesday, April 13th as the Engineers host Endicott College for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference game at Fran O'Brien Field.
 
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