THE BASICS:
 
- Records: MIT (1-3); UMass Boston (1-0)
 
- Scores: UMass Boston 8, MIT 7
 
- Location: Boston, Mass. (Monan Park)
 
- The Lead: In non-conference action on Thursday afternoon, the MIT baseball team dropped an 8-7 final at UMass Boston as the Beacons rallied from a four-run deficit in the ninth inning to pick up the win.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- After a pair of scoreless innings to open the game, junior Kennan Gumbs (New York, N.Y.) reached on a one-out walk and stole second before coming home on a deep two-run homer to left from first-year Zev Moore (Jerusalem, Israel) that gave MIT the 2-0 lead. The Engineers added an unearned run in the third as senior Graham Cartwright (La Jolla, Calif.) reached on an error and eventually scored on an RBI single to left from first-year Eitan Moore (Jerusalem, Israel).
 
- The Engineers continued to build the lead in the top of the fifth with another pair of runs as senior Kyle Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) and junior Teddy Schoenfeld (Boulder, Colo.) crossed the plate to make it 5-0.
 
- UMass Boston got on the board in the bottom of the sixth as they put up three hits and scored a pair to make it a 5-2 game. Aidan Blake tripled to center to score Luke Leavitt for the first run, followed by a double to right by Craig Corliss that plated Blake. MIT starter Brian Rapanan (Gurnee, Ill.) got a groundout to third and a strikeout swinging to get out of the jam as he scattered six hits over six innings with six strikeouts.
 
- The Beacons pulled to within 5-3 in the seventh when Nick Farnacci scored on a wild pitch, but the Engineers again answered when Schoenfeld launch a one-out, two-run homer to right to score Zev Moore and make the score 7-3 MIT.
 
- In the ninth, UMass Boston took advantage of a number of MIT walks and put together a five-run frame as the Beacons completed the rally when Mariano Jimenez came home to tie the game and Blake scored on a wild pitch for the 8-7 final.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Zev Moore finished the game 3-for5 at the plate with two runs scored and two runs batted in as he now has two homers through the first four games. Schoenfeld also finished with multiple hits at 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI.
 
- Corliss was the offensive leader for the Beacons with three hits as hits were even on the day at eight per team.
 
- Rapanan went six strong in his second start of the year for the Engineers, followed by first-year Matthew Spenner (Darien, Conn.) for two innings of one-hit, one-run relief as he struck out two.
 
- Sophomore Jimmy Moore (Los Gatos, Calif.) took the loss for the Engineers to fall to 0-1 overall in 0.2 innings. Ethan Errera picked up the win for the Beacons to improve to 1-0 as he allowed two runs over one inning pitched.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is scheduled to return to action on Monday, March 6th as the Engineers travel to Tufts University for a 3 p.m. start. Please note that this is a rescheduled game that was originally set to be played on Saturday, March 4th.
 
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