Massachusetts Institute of Technology

WALTHAM, Mass. — No. 4 Salve Regina opened up a 7-1 lead after three innings as the Seahawks cruised to a 16-6 victory in eight innings over the MIT baseball team in a matchup of the top two teams in the NEWMAC standings on Tuesday evening at Stein Diamond on the campus of Brandeis University.  

THE BASICS: 

• Score: Salve Regina 16, MIT 6 (8 inn.)  
• Records: MIT (12-18 overall, 9-5 NEWMAC); Salve Regina (30-4 overall, 12-2 NEWMAC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Salve scored three runs on two hits and an MIT error in the top of the first inning, taking a 3-0 lead on the strength of an RBI single from Shane Williams and Dylan Cimini. 
• MIT got one run back in the bottom of the inning. James Dempsey lifted a sacrifice fly to left to score Dalton Chi after Chi reached base earlier in the inning on a dropped third strike.  
• An Elliot Hamilton solo shot got the run back in the top of the second before Salve added three more runs in the top of the third to take a six-run advantage, 7-1. 
• Cimini drove in another run with an RBI single in the top of the fourth to give Salve an 8-1 lead in the fourth. MIT got the run back in the fourth on an RBI double from Owen Malone but continued to trail by six runs, 8-2.  
• A Danny Rogers RBI triple in the fifth gave Salve a 9-2 lead before MIT went to work in the bottom half of the inning, scoring four runs on three hits and a costly error at third base that allowed a run to score and MIT to pull within three runs, 9-6. 
• MIT reliever Deven Pietrzak recorded a 1-2-3- inning in the top of the sixth inning but that was the only scoreless frame the Seahawks would post on the evening.  
• With MIT within three, Salve put up four runs in the seventh and three more runs in the eighth to pull away, 16-6.  
• MIT got a runner aboard in the bottom of the eighth inning when Maximo Del Pino singled with one out but the Engineers could not find a way to get Del Pino around to score as the game ended, 16-6, after eight innings.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 

• Salve Regina clinched the NEWMAC regular season title and the top seed in the upcoming NEWMAC Championship with the win.  
• Justin Lin took the loss for MIT, giving up seven runs, six earned over 2.2 innings pitched. Lin had some bright spots in his outing, including striking out five of the eight outs he recorded. MIT used five pitchers in total in the contest. 
• Brady Shea picked up the win, pitching 4.1 innings and striking out seven while giving up three earned runs.       
• Chi was the only MIT player with multiple hits, going 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.  
• John Dwyer and James Dempsey each recorded a pair of RBIs for MIT.                                                                                                                                

UP NEXT: 

• MIT will play Brandeis at Stein Diamond in its final non-conference game of the season on Thursday at 7:00 PM before traveling to Springfield on Saturday for a pivotal NEWMAC doubleheader to close out the regular season. 

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