Engineers Smash Way To 11-3 Win Over Builders

FINAL SCORE:  MIT 11, Apprentice School 3

RECORDS: MIT 1-0, Apprentice School 15-8

LOCATION: War Memorial Stadium/Hampton, VA

IN BRIEF: The visiting Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers exploded for 20 hits and topped the Apprentice School 11-3 on Friday afternoon.

ON THE FIELD

• After giving up a run in the top of the first, the Builders bounced back with a run in the bottom of the inning as walks to Brock Harris and Christian Burton before a single by Chris Aldridge loaded the bases.  Lee Rossi hit a sacrifice fly to right field to plate Harris to tie the game.
• The Engineers put up a single run in the second on a Kendall Helbert leadoff home run and then put three up in the fourth to lead 5-1.
• Apprentice School smashed a run across in the bottom of the fourth on a leadoff home run from Brian Belvin.
• Each team scored a run in the sixth, before the Engineers broke the game open with a single run in the seventh and four more in the eighth.

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

• Aldridge was the lone Builders with a multi-hit game going 3-for-4 as the Builders had eight hits in the game.
• Creed Mangrum and Parker Tew had four hits each to lead MIT in its season opening win.  Both of them also drove in three runs.
• MIT qualified for the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships last season and is pre-season picked second in its conference this year.

NEXT UP – CASTLETON STATE

The Builders have a rematch with Castleton State on Saturday afternoon at noon at War Memorial Stadium.  These teams played on Thursday night with Castleton taking a 5-3 win.