THE BASICS:

- Scores:
Game 1: MIT - 6, No, 11 Tufts - 1
Game 2: No. 11 Tufts - 1, MIT - 0

- Records: MIT (11-8), Tufts (16-4)

- Locations: Medford, Mass. (Spicer Field)

- The Lead: The MIT softball team used a six-run sixth inning to extend its winning streak to 10 games with a come-from-behind win over No. 11 Tufts in game one of the doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon, but the Jumbos then took the second game of the evening in a pitcher's duel by a score of 1-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED – Game One

- The Jumbos took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on an RBI double by Rachel Moore.
 
- MIT put up six runs in the top of the sixth, kick-started with a two-run single to center by first-year Mikayla Cable (Valrico, Fla.). A Tufts throwing error on sophomore Savannah Ashley's (Moses Lake, Wash.) fielder's choice gave MIT two more runs to make it a 4-0 lead. Junior Jordan Sell's (Schwenksville, Pa.) bunt single scored first-year Mackenzie Bivin (San Diego, Calif.) for the fifth MIT run and junior Haley Samuelsen (Houston, Texas) came around to score the sixth MIT run on a fielder's choice by sophomore Rylie Spiegel (Bradenton, Fla.).
 
- The Jumbos put runners on the corners in the sixth, but senior Anya Chase (Wells, Maine) induced a double-play ball to end the threat. She then retired Tufts in order in the bottom of the seventh to secure the win.  
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Chase earned the complete-game win as she finished with seven strikeouts while allowing six hits and one walk.

- First-year Kennedy Adkison (San Jose, Calif.) led MIT with three hits in the game, while Sell and sophomore Mackenzie Relihan (Naperville, Ill.) each registered two hits in the game.
 
- The Engineers out-hit the Jumbos 11-6.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Game Two

- Samuelsen and Sell led off the third with back-to-back singles and both moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Spiegel, but Jumbos pitcher Sky Johnson got the next two outs without allowing a run to score.
 
- Tufts could not get much offense against first-year Becca O'Connor (San Antonio, Texas) until the sixth when a Josie Steinberg double sent the game's first run across the plate. Johnson retired MIT in order in the seventh to secure the 1-0 win and snap the Engineers' 10-game winning streak.
  
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- First-year Dana Bell (Bensalem, Pa.) led MIT with two hits in the game.
 
- O'Connor went all six innings in the game allowing just one run, which was unearned. She surrendered five hits and struck out three.

UP NEXT:

- The Engineers are scheduled to return to the field on Friday, April 8 for a NEWMAC contest against Emerson. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Briggs Field.     
 
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