THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Babson - 14, MIT - 8
 
- Records: MIT (8-7, 0-1 NEWMAC), Babson (6-6, 1-0 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Fran O'Brien Field)
 
- The Lead: The MIT baseball team fell to Babson College on Tuesday afternoon, 14-8, in the team's NEWMAC opener at Fran O'Brien Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- After MIT got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning, the Beavers got five runs on the board through the fifth inning including a two-run homer from Luke Tanner and an RBI single from Ike Kiely.

- MIT scored three in the bottom of the fifth to cut the deficit to one which included a two-run homer into right field from junior Malachi Soqui (Castaic, Calif.).

- Babson scored three more runs in the top of the sixth and the Engineers' got one back in the bottom half on a solo homer to right from graduate student Kyle Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.).

- The Beavers scored five runs in the next two innings to stretch their lead to 13-5. However, that lead was cut down to five when a three-run shot to left-center from junior Reed Tubbs (Pflugerville, Texas.) made it 13-8, giving the Engineers one more chance to rally back.

- Tanner launched his second homer of the game into left-center in the top of the final inning as that would be the final run as the Beavers held on for the 14-8 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Sonandres lead the Engineers at the plate, going 3-for-5, while Justin Guest lead the Beavers, going 4-for-5.

- Senior Karl Meyer (Indianapolis, Ind.) falls to 2-2 on the season, while James Clark improves to 2-1 on the year.
 
UP NEXT:

- MIT is on the road this Saturday in a NEWMAC doubleheader against No. 8 Salve Regina with the first pitch scheduled for 12:00 PM.
 
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