DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology improved to 9-1 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball action with 6-2 and 10-1 victories over Defiance College on Sunday afternoon.
In the opener, Rose-Hulman relied on strong pitching and timely hitting to pick up a 6-2 victory. Luke Buehler allowed just one run and five hits in 5.2 innings of work with four strikeouts to improve to 6-0 on the season. Brian Pershing pitched the last 2.1 scoreless innings with four strikeouts to pick up his fifth save.
Offensively, Rose-Hulman pounded out 14 hits in the victory. Ryan Stachowski and Luke Calabrese led the Engineers with three hits. Stachowski had two doubles and a triple with four RBIs on the day. Calabrese had three singles and one RBI.
Davis Robeson scored three runs and added a single and a double. Sean Casey and Shaine Mitchell added multi-hit games with two singles each.
In the nightcap, Clayton Mayfield had a dominant pitching performance in a 10-1 victory. Mayfield struck out three and allowed just six hits and one run in eight innings of work. Most impressively, Mayfield threw just 79 pitches in his eight-inning stint. Trever Bruno tossed a scoreless ninth to complete the win.
Offensively, Logan Cody provided the game's biggest hit with a bases loaded, three-run double as part of a four-RBI day. Stachowski had three more hits in game two with one run scored and one RBI. Calabrese had another multi-hit game with a single, double, one run and one RBI.
Other multi-hit performers in the nightcap included Harris Camp, Luke Kluemper and Shane Garner with two singles each. Kluemper had both one run and one RBI.
The Rose-Hulman defense was a key story on the day, playing all 18 innings without making an error.
Rose-Hulman improved to 20-9 overall and 9-1 in HCAC play, while Defiance dropped to 15-13-1 and 5-7 in league play. The Fightin' Engineers, who lead the HCAC ahead of Anderson and Franklin at 6-4 in conference games, return home for Senior Day against Bluffton University on Saturday at noon at Art Nehf Field.
