HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 11, 2016) – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team welcomes the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to Hoboken for a doubleheader Saturday.
GAME INFOFirst pitch of game one is scheduled for 1 p.m. while the second game will begin at 4 p.m.
WEEK IN REWINDThe Ducks went 1-2 in three games this past week. They fell to Rowan University and The College of New Jersey on the road but topped Rutgers University-Newark at home.
RUTGERS RECAPSenior
Nick Sieber belted a solo home run and knocked in two additional runs to lead the Ducks to a 4-1 win. Fellow senior
Robert Robbins picked up his first win of the season, striking out seven over five innings.
TABLE SETTERSenior
Jonathan Toro seems to have broken out of an early funk. Tor has hit safely in his five games, and as recorded multiple hits in two of those games.
YOU'RE WITH ME. LEATHERRobbins and junior
Zeph Walters both got strong defensive plays to save runs against RU-N. In the fourth, junior
Harrison Kaye knocked down a line drive and threw the runner out at first to save a run. In the top of the ninth, freshman
Carlos Leon snared a ball and started a 5-4-3 double play to end a threat.
BALANCED HITTINGSieber, Walters, senior
Jayson Yano and junior
Nolan Bennett are all hitting above .340 and the Ducks have six batters hitting .265 or better.
SENIOR TRIOYano, Robbins and classmate
Greg Jakusik have excelled on the mound this spring, each with an earned run average under 1.80.
MIT SCOUTING REPORTThe Engineers enter Saturday with a 0-1 mark, falling to UMass-Boston 4-0. Austin Filiere led the Engineers last year with 71 hits as a freshman.
OLD FRIENDSStevens Head Coach
Kristaps Aldins and MIT skipper Andy Barlow are no stranger to each other, as Aldins played under Barlow at Vassar College. Aldins also was an assistant at MIT prior to his time at Stevens.
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