THE BASICS:
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Score: Southern Maine - 11, MIT - 7
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Records:Â MIT (14-17), Southern Maine (15-18)
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Location: Gorham, Maine (Ed Flaherty Field)
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The Lead: After MIT took an early 4-3 lead, Southern Maine scored eight runs in the third to defeat the Engineers 11-7 on Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sophomore
Zev Moore (Jerusalem, Israel) singled home the first run of the day for MIT, but the Huskies got a three-run homer from
Anthony Poole to take a 3-1 lead.
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- Senior
Teddy Schoenfeld (Boulder, Colo.) tripled home two runs to tie the game and came around to score on a sacrifice bunt by graduate student
Jake Sonandres (Torrance, Calif.) to give the Engineers a 4-3 lead.
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- Southern Maine scored eight times in the third to go up 11-4.
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- Junior
Reed Tubbs (Pflugerville, Texas) singled home two runs in the fourth, and sophomore
Lawrence Tang (Hopkinton, Mass.) doubled home a run in the fifth to get the Engineers to within four, but the Huskies held on for the win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Schoenfeld went 2-5 with two runs and two RBI from the leadoff spot. Tang and Moore also notched two hits each in the game.
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- First-year
Jack Finnegan (Essex, Conn.) tossed four innings of two-hit ball and did not walk a batter.
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UP NEXT:
- Â MIT is back home with a 3:30 p.m. NEWMAC contest against Emerson on Tuesday, April 30th.
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