CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Junior Brant Savage (Charlton, Mass.) had a double and a home run among his three hits and knocked in a career-high six runs and junior Ike Kiely (Falmouth, Maine) had a double and a home run and drove in two to pace a 13-hit attack as Babson College routed MIT, 14-3, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) baseball action Friday afternoon at Fran O'Brien Field.

With the victory, Babson won for the 11th time in its last 14 outings to improve to 19-11 overall and 8-3 in the NEWMAC, while the Engineers lost for the sixth time in its last seven games to fall to 10-15 overall and 5-6 in conference play.

First-year Chris Basile (Miami Beach, Fla.) had three hits and one RBI, graduate student Jack Pirkl (Brightwaters, N.Y.) produced two hits, including a double, scored two and drove in two, and junior Tanner Santos (Bethany, Conn.) reached base three times, stole two bases and scored four runs in the triumph.

Senior Tim Noone (Needham, Mass.) improved to 4-1 on the mound, going 6.1 innings and allowing three runs on six hits, walking one and striking out five. Sophomore Cole Velis (Lexington, Mass.) got the final two outs as the game was ended after seven innings due to the mercy rule.

Senior Graham Cartwright (La Jolla, Calif.) belted a pair of home runs and drove in all three runs for MIT while first-year Lawrence Tang (Hopkinton, Mass.) went 3-for-3 to account for five of the six Engineer hits. Junior Tyler Godfrey (Rowley, Mass.) reached base twice on a single and a walk, and first-year Chase Rubin (Arlington, Va.) started on the mound but couldn't get out of the second inning and took the loss.

After scoring an unearned run in the first inning, the Green and White blew the game open with a six-pack in the top of the second. Pirkl delivered a two-run double to left center, Savage knocked a two-run single to right, Basile added an RBI single and first-year Ryan Hvozdovic (Hillsborough, N.J.) scored on the back end of a double steal to cap the rally.

MIT got on the board in the last of the fourth on Cartwright's solo home run to center but Babson answered with five runs on just two hits in the top of the fifth. After graduate student Ryan Noone (Belmont, Mass.) was hit by a pitch to start the inning, Kiely clouted his first home run of the season to left field. Pirkl was then walked, Santos was hit by a pitch and Savage blasted his ninth round-tripper to right field to extend the Beaver lead to 12-1.

MIT scored its final two runs on Cartwright's two-run shot, his NEWMAC-leading 10th of the season, in the bottom of the sixth. Babson countered with two in the top of the seventh as Savage cracked an RBI double to left and later scored on a sacrifice fly by senior Michael Cook (Whitman, Mass.).

The two teams will play again on Saturday in a doubleheader at Govoni Field in Babson Park, beginning at 12 p.m.

GAME NOTES
• The Beavers have won 14 of the last 19 games between the teams and are 58-40-1 all-time against the Engineers in a series that dates back to 1980.
• Cook has reached base safely in 14 straight games while Savage has reached in 11 games in a row and has 12 multi-RBI games.
•  Kiely is 8-for-19 (.421) over his last five starts with two doubles, a home run, four walks, five RBI and eight runs scored.
• Savage's nine home runs is the most in a season for a Babson hitter since Nicholas Browne '19 slugged 12 homers in 2019.