Baseball Charges Past MIT Behind Battery of D’Agostino and Lindner

WPI News Archive


Apr 18, 2017





Northboro, MA --- Junior Steven D'Agostino (Worcester, MA) struck out eight in a solid seven-inning start and sophomore battery mate Austin Lindner (W. Windsor, NJ) batted 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run scored to lead WPI past MIT 12-4 Tuesday afternoon in the NEWMAC divisional crossover game at the New England Baseball Complex.
The host Engineers (22-8, 11-3) complete the season sweep of their industry rivals and remain atop the overall NEWMAC standings with one more weekend divisional series to play. MIT, meanwhile, slips to 13-9-1 overall and 7-6 in league play.
D'Agostino and the Crimson and Gray defense enjoyed a trio of 1-2-3 frames to begin the game while the offense posted four runs in the bottom of the second. The runs were a result of four consecutive hits beginning with a leadoff double by junior Matt Howard (Worcester, MA). Graduate student Anthony Capuano (Stoneham, MA) reached on a single before a double by junior Evan Lacroix (Methuen, MA) cleared both off the base paths for the 2-0 lead. Freshman David Larson (Port Tobacco, MD) followed with a two-run shot to left.
The Boynton Hillers added two more in the fourth when senior Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) found a hole in the left side to plate sophomore Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA) and then scores thanks to a pair of miscues on the play. Lindner drove in a run in the fifth and Tropeano scampered home on a wild pitch in the sixth. Three more scored in the seventh courtesy of an RBI single by Lindner, a fielder's choice by senior Connor Kurtz (Lunenburg, MA) and a ground out by Comei.
MIT got on the board thanks to a miscue in the top of the eighth. Howard then sent the first pitch in the bottom of the inning over the fence in center. Cambridge's ...

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