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Louis Hernandez playing first base
Aiden Shertzer
3
Emerson EMERSON 8-17
7
Winner MIT MIT 13-14
Emerson EMERSON
8-17
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Final
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MIT MIT
13-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Emerson EMERSON 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
MIT MIT 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 7 12 1

W: Rapanan, Brian (3-1) L: A. Rice (3-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Powers Past Emerson, 7-3

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — First year John Spivey (St. Louis, Mo.) was 3-for-4 with a double and a pair of RBIs and senior Malachi Soqui (Castaic, Calif.) and junior Louis Hernandez (Glastonbury, Conn.) each hit home runs to put the game out of reach, as the MIT baseball team defeated Emerson College, 7-3, in NEWMAC action on Tuesday afternoon at Fran O'Brien Field. 

THE BASICS:

  • Score: MIT 7, Emerson 3
  • Records: MIT (13-14 Overall, 8-3 NEWMAC), Emerson (8-17 Overall, 2-9 NEWMAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • Spivey singled with one out in the bottom of the first inning, scoring later in the inning when junior Zev Moore (Jerusalem, Israel) tagged the ball through the left side for an RBI single. 
  • Leading 1-0, MIT added three more runs in the bottom of the second inning, taking a 4-0 lead as Owen Malone (Portsmouth, R.I.) tallied a sacrifice fly RBI before Spivey singled to score a pair of runs later in the inning.
  • MIT starter Matthew Spenner (Darien, Conn.) pitched the first 2.2 innings, with his only blemish coming in the top of the third when Justin Fields (Glen Ridge, N.J.) hit a two-run home run to cut the deficit to two at 4-2. 
  • Spenner got one more out before senior Brian Rapanan (Gurnee, Ill.) entered with one runner aboard. Rapanan surrendered one run to close the book on Spenner but followed with a strong 6.1 innings of work, scattering six hits while striking out four to earn the win. 
  • Leading 4-3, MIT added insurance in the bottom of the sixth inning thanks to a solo home run from sophomore Louis Hernandez (Glastonbury, Conn.), taking a 5-3 lead thanks to Hernandez's third home run of the season.
  • With one out in the eight, CJ McCarthy (Pawling, N.Y.) reached base with a single up the middle. Soqui then secured the victory with a towering shot to right that made the score 7-3. The home run was also Soqui's third of the season.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

  • Spivey reclaimed the team lead in RBIs and now has 31 on the season.
  • The Engineers now have 29 home runs on the season. The program record is 38 set during the 2015 season.
  • Spenner and Rapanan have been a winning combination in each of the past two Tuesday NEWMAC games. The duo combined to help the Engineers earn a 7-1 last week against Springfield.
  • Aidan Rice (Columbus, Ohio) took the loss for Emerson, pitching 5.0 innings and giving up four earned.

UP NEXT:

  • MIT will travel to Rhode Island College for a 3:30 PM non-conference match-up on Thursday.

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