THE BASICS:
 
- Records: MIT (9-14, 4-5 NEWMAC); No. 18 Wheaton College (23-4, 9-0 NEWMAC)
 
- Scores: Game One: No. 18 Wheaton College 14, MIT 3 (8 Innings); Game Two: No. 18 Wheaton College 15, MIT 8
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Fran O'Brien Field)
 
- The Lead: On Saturday afternoon, the MIT baseball team dropped a pair of NEWMAC divisional games to No. 18 Wheaton as the Lyons swept the three-game series from the Engineers. Game one finished with a final of 14-3 in eight innings, while the visitors took game two by a 15-8 score.
 
Game One
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- MIT starter Chase Rubin (Arlington, Va.) and Wheaton starter Zach Clesas were excellent over the first three innings as the duo allowed just three combined hits over that span. MIT got on the board first in the board in the bottom of the fourth when senior Kyle Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) doubled down the left field line to lead off the inning and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly from his brother Jake Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.).
 
- The Lyons got to Rubin and the Engineers for six runs on five hits in the top of the fifth though as they jumped out to a 6-1 lead. MIT got single runs in the fifth and sixth innings behind RBI hits by junior Tyler Godfrey (Rowley, Mass.) and first-year Eitan Moore (Jerusalem, Israel) before Wheaton put up another big inning with seven runs in the eighth to seal the victory.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Junior Teddy Schoenfeld (Boulder, Colo.), Kyle Sonandres and junior Kennan Gumbs (New York, N.Y.) each had a pair of hits to lead the offense. AJ Guindon finished 4-for-6 with three runs scored two runs batted in, while Cavan Brady and Robert Wirtanen each had three hits.
 
- Rubin took the loss for MIT and is now 2-1 as he allowed six hits and five runs over four innings with five strikeouts. Clesas earned the win for the Lyons to move to 4-1 as he scattered eight hits with three runs and one strikeout over five innings.
 
Game Two
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- In game two, senior Graham Cartwright (La Jolla, Calif.) got the start on the mound and helped his own case in the bottom of the second with a towering solo home run to center field for the early 1-0 edge. The Lyons countered with two runs in the third on RBI hits by Mike Maher and Nick Croteau, along with a double by Guindon in the fifth that he scored on after a two-base error allowed him to come around on the play.
 
- MIT fought back though over the next two innings when Cartwright's RBI single to right center scored Kyle Sonandres in the fifth. First-year Lawrence Tang (Hopkinton, Mass.) singled up the middle in the sixth to score Godfrey from second as he doubled down the left field line earlier in the frame.
 
- Wheaton answered in a big way in the top of the seventh as they scored six runs, led by a grand slam from Wirtanen that put the Lyons ahead by a 9-3 margin. The Engineers scored five in the bottom of the eighth though on five hits, including a bases-clearing double to right center by Godfrey that made the score 9-8 heading to the final inning. The Lyons scored six in the ninth though as they secured the victory and the series sweep.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Five Engineers recorded multiple hits in the game two with Kyle Sonandres going 3-for-6 and Godfrey finishing 3-for-3 with three runs batted in. Guindon and Brady paced the Lyons attack as five Wheaton players registered multiple hits in the contest.
 
- MIT senior Matt Leonard (San Antonio, Texas) took the loss for the Engineers to drop to 0-1 on the season as he allowed five hits and three earned runs in 1.2 innings of relief. Cartwright went 4.2 innings, scattering three hits with two runs allowed and five strikeouts. Matthew Pizzelli improved to 1-0 for Wheaton as he recorded one out and allowed no hits.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back in action on Tuesday, April 18th as the Engineers travel to the New England Baseball Complex in Northborough, Mass. to take on WPI in a 3:30 p.m. start.
 
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