NORTHBORO, Mass. (courtesy WPI sports information) -- Brandeis junior Ryan Tettemer (Westfield, Mass./Suffield Acad.) hit his first home run of the season today, but it wasn't enough to overcome an eight-run third inning as the host WPI baseball team defeated the Judges, 10-2, in a non-conference baseball contest Wednesday afternoon at the New England Baseball Complex.

The Engineers improve to 11-5 on the year while the Judges dip to 6-9 on the season.

After the Judges fell behind in the bottom of the second, Tettemer launched a solo shot to center to even it up at 1-1 just two pitches in to the third. He is the fifth different Brandeis player to hit a homer this season. It was his fourth career round-tripper.

The Engineers then exploded for eight in the third. Senior Anthony Capuano got things going with a two-RBI double to left center. After the Judges cut down a runner at the plate, WPI used consecutive RBI knocks, including a John Caliri ground-rule double, to force a pitching change. Senior Vinny D'Ambrosio and junior Nick Comei combined for three RBI on back-to-back doubles down the left field line for the 9-1 advantage after three.

A junior Jay Schaff (Cheshire, Conn./Xavier) sacrifice fly produced the second Brandeis run of the game in the top of the fourth. Including the final out in the third, the Judges set down 12 Engineers in-a-row before yielding a four-pitch walk to DJ Ouellette in the home half of the seventh. Over the same timeframe, Brandeis left five aboard and went down 1-2-3 in the seventh. 

WPI used nine eight pitchers while Brandeis used four. Freshman Sam Bacchaocchiwas the only Engineer to work a pair of innings while classmate Tyler Weiss benefitted from the decision and freshman Robert Chase struck out three of the five batters he faced in the eighth. Brandeis junior Anthony Nomakeo (Westfield, Mass./Northfield Mount Hermon) was tagged with the loss.

Comei batted 3-for-5 with two doubles, a stolen base, a pair of RBI and a run scored. Greene went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, an RBI and two runs scored while Caliri was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored. D'Ambrosio and Capuano each added a double and two RBI. Freshman Steven Gallagher also chipped in with a stolen base while Comei and Caliri combined to turn a double play.

Tettemer finished 3-for-4 and senior Cam Shaw (E. Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) doubled for the guests.

Brandeis returns to action on Friday when they head to UMass Boston for a 3:30pm first pitch.