Nine Belts 14 Hits In Win Over M.I.T.

In its most impressive offensive display since returning from the spring trip, the varsity baseball team yesterday discovered its long-lost batting eye, belting out 14 hits in a convincing 11-7 triumph over M.I.T.

Before yesterday's outburst the Crimson's best was eight blows, against Princeton and Columbia. Although only three hits were for extra bases, doubles by Tom Bergantino and Dick Fisher, and a triple by Phil Haughey, the nine's attack was quite effective. It bunched five hits in each of its two productive innings.

The score does not reflect the one-sided character of the game, since the Engineers scored five runs in the first inning, then went scoreless until the ninth, when they tallied their last two harmless runs.

Joo Bernstein started in the 40 degree weather at M.I.T.'s Briggs Field, but again was unable to find the plate, allowing one hit and four walks to the first six batters. Ken Rossano was then rushed in, with one out and the bases loaded, and proceeded to give up a base-cleaning double to Stu Ohlson, before retiring the side. Bernstein was charged with all five first inning runs.

Captain Ken pitched masterfully there-after, facing no more than four men perinning until the ninth, when with the game stached away, he loosened up and allowed four hits and two runs. He was bothered only by Derrick Newhall, who finished with four of the ten M.I.T. hits.

Rossano started a four-run Crimson rally in the third, with a grounder through the middle. Following a force-out, Bob Cleary got his first of three singles, John Simourian walked to load the bases, then Bob Hastings came through in the clutch again, with a two-run single to center.

Matt Botsford singled home Simourian for the first of three R.B.I.'s. After John Getch walked to load the bases again, Walt Stahura beat out an infield roller to drive in Botsford with the fourth run of the frame.

The varsity threatened to break loose continually against lefthander Bob Turner as the lead-off batter in each of the next four innings reached scoring position with none out, but was stranded. In the eighth inning, however, ten men went to bat, as the team capitalized on five hits, two bases on balls, and one M.I.T. error for a decisive six runs.

The bases were quickly filled on singles by Getch, Stahura, and Haughey. Rossano walked, to force in one run. Three more runs scored, respectively, on a ground out by Bergantino, another safe blow by Cleary, and a force-out by Simourian. Hastings walked, and then Botsford drove in the inning's two final runs on a single to left-center