Clermont, FL. – The MIT softball team used two five-run innings to run past Kalamazoo in the first game on Tuesday, however the Engineers could not hold off Colby College, which scored five runs in the sixth to come-from-behind in game two for a 6-4 win.
THE BASICS:
- Scores:
- Game 1: MIT 11, Kalamazoo 4
- Game 2: Colby 6, MIT 4
- Records: MIT (10-2 Overall), Kalamazoo (0-11 Overall), Colby (7-1 Overall)
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. KALAMAZOO:
- Emma Newlove hit a two-out grandslam to center on a full count to put Kalamazoo up 4-0 in the top of the first.
- The Engineers quickly responded, scoring five runs in the bottom of the frame. Arianna Kumar and Lauren Sundquist worked bases loaded walks to cut the Hornets lead in half. A fielder's choice from Holland Poe and a throwing error tied the game up, and a double from Olivia Scarpaci plated Poe and gave MIT the lead.
- Ladd, Scarpaci, and Julia Mattiace all had RBI doubles in the second for the Engineers while Kumar added an RBI single as another five-run inning made it a 10-5 Engineer lead.
- Ladd scored the 11th run of the day on a passed ball in the fifth.
- Nicole Johnston came in for Emily Watson in the sixth and worked around a one-out walk to secure the win for MIT.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Watson earns her third win as she threw six innings, scattering four hits.
- Scarpaci went 3-4 with two doubles and three RBI.
- Layla Thiessen and Delaney Benevides each had two hits in the game as did Poe and Kumar.
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. COLBY:
- After three scoreless innings, Maggie Feng got MIT on the board with an two-run triple down the right-field line. Benevides then beat out an infield single and Feng came around to score on a throwing error to make it 3-0.
- An RBI groundout from Emma Burnham in the fifth cut the Engineer lead to two, however Johnston and Benevides executed a delayed double steal to put MIT back up by three.
- The Mules rallied in the sixth, using three singles and a double to take the lead. Ella Wilcox gave Colby the lead with an RBI double and Juliana Kiley singled home an insurance run to make it 6-4.
- Sundquist reached on a one-out error, but Sharlotte Stazinski got the next two Engineers out to secure the win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Stazinski went the full seven for Colby to improve to 2-0. She scattered nine hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
- Burnham led the Mules with three hits and three RBI.
- Sarah Blackett got the start for MIT and went 5.1 innings while Johnston went the final .2 innings and took her first loss of the season.
- Ladd and Benevides each had two hits for MIT in the game.
UP NEXT:
- MIT wraps up its Spring Break trip tomorrow with a 10:00 AM game against DePauw followed by a 12:15 PM contest against St. Lawrence.
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