Lacroix Leads Baseball Past MIT in Tuesday Afternoon NEWMAC Crossover Clash

WPI News Archive


Apr 11, 2017





Cambridge, MA --- Junior Evan Lacroix (Methuen, MA) batted 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored, including what proved to be the game-winner, as WPI went on the road to defeat industry rival MIT 7-3 Tuesday afternoon in a NEWMAC divisional crossover baseball game at Fran O'Brien Field.  
With the win, WPI improves to 16-8 overall and 5-3 in conference contests while MIT sports an 11-6 ledger on the season and a 6-3 mark in the eight-team loop.
Worcester's Engineers won four of the first five innings. Sophomore Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA) swiped third and advanced home on a miscue in the first. With the bases loaded in the second everyone moved up, including Lacroix who scampered home thanks to a two-out wild pitch. The junior went on to double in a run in the third before scoring on another wild pitch in the fifth.
WPI made it a 6-0 ballgame with two more in the seventh as Lacroix and sophomore Austin Lindner (W. Windsor, NJ) each connected on an RBI single. MIT then made the inning even with a sacrifice fly by freshman Matt Johnston (Portola, CA) and an RBI double down the left field line. The eighth was also a wash as sophomore Steven Gallagher (Coventry, RI) and junior Garrett Greenwood (Edmond, OK) traded RBI hits. Senior Mike Duclos (Greenfield, MA) later induced a trio of infield outs in a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth.
Gallagher (3-for-4, RBI, stolen base, 2 runs), Tropeano (2-for-4, double, walk, stolen base, run) and Lindner (2-for-5, RBI) also had a multi-hit game for the Crimson and Gray. Graduate student Anthony Capuano (Stoneham, MA) walked twice and senior Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) stole a base. Defensively, Comei and junior Matt Howard (Worcester, MA) turned a double play.
Freshman Keith Scales (Upper Marlboro, MD) allowed two runs on five hits ...

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