FALCONS END SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE

Fitchburg, Mass. - The Fitchburg State College Baseball team defeated MIT, 5-3, Tuesday afternoon at Elliot Field behind Keith Weagle's (Oxford, MA) complete game victory.

The Engineers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Steven Nunez (Tularem CA). The lead was short-lived though as Andrew Sauer (Willington, CT) led off the bottom half of the inning with a solo homerun to right field to knot the game at 1-1.

The Falcons took a lead 2-1 in the third inning on an RBI double by Kris Breen (Griswold, CT) and added single runs in the sixth and seventh runs on a fielding error and an RBI double by Jim Abreau (Mansfield, MA) to extend the lead to 4-1.

MIT cut the deficit to 4-3 in the top of the eighth on an RBI double by Ryne Barry (Phoenix, AZ) and a fielding error. Fitchburg State would add an insurance run in the bottom half of the eighth on an RBI double by Matt Slattery (Gardner, MA) to make the score 5-3.

Weagle (3-3) went the distance on the hill, allowing three runs (2 earned) on five hits while striking out three. Weagle's counterpart, Jay Turner (Holliston, MA), pitched 7.2 innings of five-run (4 earned), nine-hit baseball with six strikeouts for the visitors. Mike Vasquez (Saint Paul, MN) pitched the final third of an inning allowing a hit.

Fitchburg State wraps up its season with a record of 12-22 while the Engineers end their season at 18-19.