Baseball vs. MIT
Saturday, April 11 | 12 p.m. (DH)
Govoni Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 63-43-1 all-time against MIT in a series that dates back to 1980.
•    The Beavers and Engineers have split their last 10 games since 2022 although just one of the contests has been decided by fewer than three runs. 
•    The Green and White is 4-1 versus MIT at Govoni Field since 2022. 

LAST MEETING
•    Malachi Soqui went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI, and Teddy Schoenfeld and John Dwyer both provided two hits and two RBI to help MIT defeat Babson, 11-0, in the opening round of the NEWMAC Tournament on May 7, 2025, in Medford, Mass. 
•    Reed Tubbs went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored and CJ McCarthy was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored for the Engineers, who got five strikeouts over 5.2 shutout innings from hard-throwing Mason Estrada.  
•    Thomas Parisi M'25 singled twice and Tanner Santos '24 M'25 and Jack Julian '24 M'25 each went 1-for-3 with a walk for the Beavers, who left 13 runners on base in the loss.  

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (11-10, 3-2 NEWMAC) has dropped three of its last four outings after suffering a 10-7 loss to Rhode Island College on Thursday. 
•    Sophomore Ben Valente went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored, classmate Gabe Harmon was 2-for-4 with an RBI triple and senior Ryan Hvozdovic tripled and drove in two runs for the Beavers, who were unable to dig out of an early 6-0 deficit. 
•    Valente is batting .344 with two home runs, five doubles, six stolen bases, 13 RBI and 16 runs scored, graduate student Ryan Grace is hitting .338 with four homers, six doubles and team highs of 21 RBI and 21 runs scored, and first-year Bobby Christensen owns a .333 average to go along with four extra-base hits, 12 RBI and 11 runs scored. 
•    Graduate student Joe Carrea (1-1, 3.10 ERA) has recorded 17 strikeouts over 20.1 innings, sophomore Chase Burrows is 3-1 with a 6.04 earned run average and 16 strikeouts in 28.1 innings pitched, and junior Jason Finkelstein is 1-2 with a 6.75 ERA to go along with 10 strikeouts and is holding opposing batters to a .231 average in 17.1 innings this spring. 

SCOUTING THE ENGINEERS
•    MIT (9-12, 6-1 NEWMAC) has won five of its last seven games but is coming off a 15-3 defeat at the hands of No. 22 Tufts on Wednesday. 
•    Dalton Chi led off the game with a home run and Zev Moore produced a two-run double in the top of the sixth for the Engineers, who used seven pitchers and were limited to a season-low three hits in the loss. 
•    Chi is batting .397 with two home runs, three doubles, 16 stolen bases, 11 RBI and 24 runs scored from the leadoff spot, Moore is hitting .345 with five doubles, two homers, 13 RBI and 14 runs scored, and Maximo Del Pino owns a .339 average to go along with six extra-base hits, 15 RBI and 10 runs scored. 
•    Matthew Spenner is 3-1 with a 4.43 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 22.1 innings over six starts, Thomas Grismore (1-1, 8.50 ERA) has recorded 15 strikeouts in 18.0 innings pitched, and Jonathan Freedman is 1-3 with a 9.95 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 12.2 innings this spring. 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
•    Senior Zander Teator recorded his fourth save of the season in the Beavers' 5-3 win over UMass Boston last Saturday and now has 16 career saves, which ranks second in program history behind only Matt Cuneo '18, who recorded 20 from 2015-18. 
•    Teator needs just one more save this spring to become the first Babson closer to register at least five saves in three consecutive seasons. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Valente has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games and recorded his fourth multi-hit outing of the season in Thursday's loss to Rhode Island College.
•    Grace and Christensen lead the team with seven multi-hit games and Grace is first on the squad with seven multi-RBI games. 
•    Sophomore Gabe Cushner has started four of Babson's first five NEWMAC games and is batting .375 (6-for-16) with a double, three RBI and two runs scored. 
•    Christensen is hitting .333 (6-for-18) with a double and four RBI to begin league play, while junior Ryan Liss has four extra-base hits (two homers, two doubles) to go along with a team-high five runs batted in versus conference foes this spring. 
•    Burrows struck out seven while allowing just one earned run over 8.0 innings to win his only NEWMAC start of the season back on March 29 at Coast Guard. 

CALL TO THE 'PEN
•    Sophomore Graydon Vyse has not allowed a run in three of his last four relief appearances and retired all three batters he faced in the Beavers' wins over Wheaton on March 31 and UMass Boston last Saturday. 
•    Graduate student Michael Camardi recorded a season-high four strikeouts over 2.0 innings against Salve Regina on Tuesday. 
•    Junior Tristan Pearl has eight strikeouts and a 2.89 ERA in 9.1 innings over five appearances out of the bullpen this spring.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 9-2 on the year when scoring at least six runs.
•    The Beavers are 9-0 this season and 54-1 going back to the start of the 2024 campaign when leading after six innings.
•    The Green and White is 7-0 when recording more hits than its opponents and 7-1 when it finishes with at least 10 hits on the year.
•    Babson is 6-1 when allowing five runs or fewer on the season.

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers will host No. 4/4 Salve Regina at Govoni Field next Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.