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California Institute of Technology

Brendan Flaherty throws a pitch
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MIT MIT 3-3
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Winner Caltech CIT 6-9
MIT MIT
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Final
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Caltech CIT
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MIT MIT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 2
Caltech CIT 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 8 0

W: Flaherty, Brendan (3-2) L: Tye Phoenix (0-1) S: Pieper, Joseph (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Caltech Baseball Defeats MIT in Sunday Thriller

PASADENA, Calif. – Solid pitching, poised defense and clutch hitting made the difference Sunday afternoon as the Caltech Beavers baseball team defeated the MIT Engineers 5-2 at the North Field.

The first meeting between these two elite schools since 2015, Caltech made a statement on the scoreboard right away as junior Cameron McNamee (Great Falls, Mont. Great Falls) connected for a one-out, bases-loaded single to bring home Jack Fishel (Baltimore, Md. Boys' Latin School of Maryland) and Austin Wang (Palo Alto, Calif. The Harker School). McNamee touched home plate three batters later and the Beavers would finish the opening frame with a 3-0 lead.

First-year Kailen Hargenrader (Littleton, Colo. Columbine) led off the bottom of the second inning with a blast to right center for a ground-rule double before stealing third and then racing home on Wang's RBI groundout.

Sophomore starting pitcher Brendan Flaherty (Narragansett, RI Lake Forest Academy) threw a quality six innings, allowing just one run and no walks while striking out eight MIT batters en route to his third win of the season.

Rookie right-hander Joseph Pieper (Palatine, Ill. Palatine) took over pitching duties in the top of the seventh inning and retired the first three Engineers in order before Caltech extended its lead in the bottom half. Junior Thorsen Kristufek (McKinney, Texas McKinney) led off with a single and scored on a one-out double by sophomore Mark Hu (San Jose, Calif. The Harker School).

MIT threatened in the top of the eighth with two runners aboard and only one out, but Pieper induced a groundball toward senior Patrick Donohoe (New York, N.Y. Bronx School of Science) at second base, who combined with Hu and McNamee to turn an inning-ending double play, firing up the home crowd.

A leadoff hit in the top of the ninth and a second-out sacrifice fly gave MIT a second run, but the rally fell short as the Beavers held on for the 5-2 win and Pieper's first save of his Caltech pitching career.

Head Coach Kevin Whitehead and the team will resume SCIAC play on Friday, March 15 at the University of Redlands.
 
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