THE BASICS:
 
- Records: MIT (4-5); Bates College (7-3)
 
- Scores: MIT 15, Bates College 9
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Fran O'Brien Field)
 
- The Lead: Behind another strong offensive performance with six extra-base hits, the MIT baseball team powered to its second straight home victory with a 15-9 non-conference win over Bates College on Friday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Bates struck first with a pair of runs in the opening frame as Brandon Biggane and Tyler Attal drove in the runs on a pair of sacrifice flies. MIT equaled the score in the bottom of the first when junior Teddy Schoenfeld (Boulder, Colo.) launched a two-run homer to left for his second of the year to knot the game at 2-2.
 
- The Bobcats put up a four-run third inning as Biggane homered to left for a three-run shot, followed by a solo homer by Attal in the next at-bat to take a 6-2 lead. MIT exploded for a seven-run fourth inning as seniors Jake Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) and Kyle Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) drove in a combined six runs for the 8-6 lead with two outs. Jake launched a three-run homer to left, while Kyle doubled down the right field line to clear the bases. The final run of the inning came on a fielding error as Kyle Sonandres scored to make it 9-6.
 
- The Engineers took advantage of two Bates errors to score two more in the sixth, followed by a four-run seventh as senior Graham Cartwright (La Jolla, Calif.) homered for the third time in two games to make it a 15-6 game. The Bobcats scored three in the top of the eighth as MIT secured the 15-9 final margin.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Kyle Sonandres led the team with a 3-for-5 performance with three runs scored and five runs batted in. Cartwright was 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored and the top four in the order combined with 10 runs batted in, nine hits and 11 runs scored.
 
- First-year Cole Foster (Austin, Texas) earned the victory to move to 1-0 as he threw 2.1 innings of no-hit relief with five strikeouts. Sophomore Ajinkya Gundaria (Alpharetta, Ga.) had a pair of hitless relief innings, along with scoreless relief appearances from sophomore Jimmy Moore (Los Gatos, Calif.) and senior Matt Leonard (San Antonio, Texas). Luke Linnehan took the loss for the Bobcats to fall to 2-2 as he allowed six hits and eight runs in 3.2 innings pitched.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back in action on Sunday, March 26th as the Engineers travel to Swarthmore College for a doubleheader beginning at 11:30 as part of a five-game Spring Break trip.
 
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