Batsmen Smite MIT, 11-2

The Harvard baseball team traveled to Kendall Square yesterday and found the MIT squad to be structurally unsound. In an insignificant Greater Boston League game, the batsmen discredited the Engineers, 11-2.

The victory raised the Crimson's overall record to 10-11, though its crucial EIBL mark of 5-3 remains unchanged. Harvard's pursuit of the EIBL crown continues this weekend when it visits New York State to take on Columbia and Army for two weekend doubleheaders.

Mike Dorrington notched his third consecutive win, pitching five innings of one-hit ball to even his record at 3-3. With an array of fastball and sliders, the righty fanned five batters while walking only two.

"I decided to keep it to the hard stuff," Dorrington said. "They just didn't have the greatest hitters."

The final four innings were split by Greg Ubert and Cody Weston. Ubert whiffed two--and though he allowed two runs, both were unearned.

Weston, seeing plenty of time as long reliever this season, only had to pitch two innings yesterday. The freshman set down the Engineers in order, tacking up three strikeouts in the process.

The Crimson bats lit up the scoreboard early and continued the demolition with a balanced attack. All in all, eight of the Harvard nine hit safely.

Dan McConaghy drove in three runs, picking up the game-winning RBI with a two-run round tripper. Bolstering the offense was Co-Captain Frank Morelli, who registered two base hits as well as two sacrifice flies in his three-RBI afternoon.

Freshman centerfielder Marcel Durand, batting in the leadoff slot for Harvard, unloaded three hits and knocked in a run. Fellow Yardling Bob Bincarousky's two-RBI single in the eighth was more than enough to inter the terrible Techies.