THE BASICS:
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Score: Caltech - 5, MIT - 2
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Records: MIT (3-3)
, Caltech (6-9)
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Location: Pasadena, Calif. (North Field)
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The Lead: The MIT baseball team wrapped up its California trip with a 5-2 defeat to Caltech on Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Beavers jumped out to a quick lead with three runs in the bottom of the first and added a fourth on an RBI groundout by
Austin Wang in the second.
- Junior
Malachi Soqui (Castaic, Calif.) knocked in the first run of the day for MIT as his RBI single plated senior
Michael Finch (Brentwood, Tenn.) in the fourth.
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Mark Hu doubled home the fifth run of the day for Caltech in the seventh inning as junior
Reed Tubbs (Pflugerville, Texas) got out of the inning with a strikeout of
Edward Speer to leave two runners on base.
- Soqui led off the ninth with a double down the right field line and was pinch ran for by first year
Jack Finnegan (Essex, Conn.) who came round to score on a sacrifice fly from senior
Tyler Godfrey (Rowley, Mass.), but that would be the last run of the day as Caltech held on for the 5-2 win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Soqui led the Engineers with three hits in the game while sophomore
Zev Moore (Jerusalem, Israel) added two. Sophomore
Eitan Moore (Jerusalem, Israel) stole two bases and contributed a hit.
- Senior
Phillip Hood (Grapevine, Texas) tossed three innings of one-hit ball in relief. He struck out two and did not walk a batter. Tubbs pitched the final two innings, allowing one run on three hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
UP NEXT:
- The Engineers return to the diamond on Wednesday, March 13th and will take on Tufts with first pitch scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
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