Fort Myers, FL - The WPI baseball team pounded out twelve hits en route to a 10-9 win over Hiram (OH) in spring training action.  Earlier in the day the Engineers just fell short in a 7-6 loss to Thiel (PA). 

Versus Hiram, WPI battled back from an early 4-0 hole to knot the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the second inning when Paul Galligan (Weymouth, MA) scored on a sacrifice fly from Scott MacDonald (Gorham, ME).  The Engineers added runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to take a 10-6 lead into the sixth inning.  Brendan Devereaux (Holden, MA) held off a potential Hiram rally as he struck out the side in the ninth to preserve the WPI win and the save.

Third baseman Mike Swanton (Foxboro, MA) led the WPI attack going 3-for-5 at the plate while scoring two runs and adding a run batted in.  MacDonald went 2-for-3 to knock in two runs and score two of his own while Matt Fiore (Wakefield, MA) and Cody McGregor (Westfield, MA) each accounted for one run and one run batted in.

In the loss to Thiel, the Crimson and Gray had another productive performance at the plate, amassing ten hits in the effort.  Freshman Lyle Miller (Milford, CT) led the offensive attack for WPI going 2-for-4 to bring in two runs.  Ryan Rainone (Oakville, CT) was 2-for-4 with two runs and one run batted in while Mark Dignum (Albany, NY) went 3-for-4 and scored a run.