NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. - Baseball traveled to Northborough on Tuesday for an afternoon showdown against conference rivals WPI. Emerson was looking to bounce back from a 16-6 loss to Suffolk a day prior and pick up their third conference win of the season. The Engineers were aiming to split the season series, having already lost once to the Lions on April 9th by a score of 9-8.

WPI stole the game in extras, winning 11-10 and walking off Emerson by scoring three runs in the tenth inning. Briggs Loveland had three RBIs for the Lions, and Braeden O'Connell and Ryan Herskowitz each drove in two. The Lions fall to 5-19 (2-8 NEWMAC), while the Engineers improve to 16-11 (4-4 NEWMAC).

GAME SUMMARY
Top 1st - Loveland drove in Justin Fields with a ground out to second base. EMERSON 1, WPI 0.
Top 2nd - Herskowitz put two on the board with a home run to right field. EMERSON 3, WPI 0.
3rd Inning - Loveland extended Emerson's lead with the second home run of the game, but WPI responded with a home run of their own. EMERSON 4, WPI 1.
Top 4th - O'Connell drove in two with a single through the right side. EMERSON 6, WPI 1.
5th Inning - Jake Okamoto picked up an RBI on a single to center field. The Engineers scored one on a fielding error. EMERSON 7, WPI 2.
Bottom 7th - WPI hit two home runs, with the first scoring three and the second scoring two. EMERSON 7, WPI 7.
8th Inning - The Lions reclaimed the lead after Fields scored from third base on a sac fly by Chris Ferara. The Engineers tied it back up on an RBI single. EMERSON 8, WPI 8.
10th Inning - Fields scored on an infield ground ball hit by Loveland with the bases loaded. Tobey Roberts later drove in Nicholas Favazzo on a fielder's choice, extending Emerson's lead to two. WPI cut the lead to one in the bottom half on a home run to left field. They later tied the game with a single through the left side and then walked it off with a sac fly to center field. WPI 11, EMERSON 10

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Aidan Rice (LP) - 2.2 IP, 4 R (4 ER), 3 HA, 3 BB, HBP
Briggs Loveland - 2-5 (HR, BB), 3 RBI, 2 R, SB
Braeden O'Connell - 2-4 (SH, SO), 2 RBI
Ryan Herskowitz - 1-5 (HR), 2 RBI, R
Justin Fields - 3-3 (2 2B, 2 BB), 4 R, SB

GAME NOTES
- Emerson is 3-17 all-time against WPI.
- The two home runs were the most in a game this season for the Lions.
- Favazzo went 2-4 in the ballgame, extending his hitting streak to 11 games and his reached base streak to 22 games.

NEXT UP
Baseball will visit Bridgewater State University on Thursday for an out-of-conference matchup, scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. start time. The Bears currently sit at .500 this season, heading into the contest with a 12-12 record. Their most recent results were a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Mass. Maritime Academy, losing 8-5 and 16-7 to the Buccaneers.