THE BASICS:
 
- Records: MIT (10-19-1); Amherst College (11-16-1)
 
- Score: Amherst College 14, MIT 10
 
- Location: Amherst, Mass. (Memorial Field)
 
- The Lead: In non-conference play on Sunday afternoon, the MIT baseball team dropped a 14-10 final to Amherst College at Memorial Field. The game marked the first meeting between the two teams since the 2014 season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Amherst took an early 1-0 lead in the first as Chris Murphy singled to right center to drive in Luke Padian. The score stayed that way until a three-run top of the fourth for the Engineers as MIT took a 3-1 advantage. First-year Malachi Soqui (Castaic, Calif.) drove in sophomore Michael Finch (Brentwood, Tenn.) to tie the game, along with a run by junior Graham Cartwright (La Jolla, Calif.) and a two-out solo homer from senior Cory O'Shea (Glen Allen, Va.). The homer was O'Shea's third in the last three days.
 
- The Mammoths regained the lead at 4-3 in the bottom of the inning as Jack Dove came home for an unearned run and Ryan McIntyre singled to center to drive in a pair. The back and forth game continued in the fifth as MIT went back in front with a three-run inning of its own. Junior Jake Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) scored on a wild pitch, while Soqui and Cartwright drove in runs to go back in front at 6-4.
 
- Amherst and McIntyre went back in front at 7-6 on his three-run homer to left in the fifth, followed by a five-run sixth to stake to a 12-6 lead. MIT got back within 12-10 with four runs in the eighth, followed by two for Amherst in the bottom of the inning for the 14-10 final.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Soqui led MIT with a 2-for-2 performance with two runs batted in, while McIntyre paced the Amherst offense with a 3-for-4 day with two runs scored and five runs batted in.
 
- Junior Matthew Nay (Roswell, Ga.) took the loss for MIT in two innings of relief to fall to 0-2 overall, while Tyson Luna threw three innings of scoreless relief for the win to move to 3-2 on the season.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back in action on Tuesday, April 26th as the Engineers host WPI for a rescheduled game beginning at 3:30 p.m. at Fran O'Brien Field.
 
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