TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology picked up its fifth win in the last six games with an 11-3 victory over Illinois Tech on Sunday at Art Nehf Field.  

Josh Mesenbrink and Adam Taylor led the Fightin' Engineer offense with three hits each. Mesenbrink had a home run, double and a walk with four RBIs and two runs scored.  Taylor had three hits and scored three times.

Colter Couillard-Rodak added two hits, two walks, three runs scored and one RBI.  Manuel Lopez and Brett Tuttle added two hits each for the Fightin' Engineer offense.

Brett Borcherding pitched six shutout innings to pick up the win.  Borcherding struck out seven and allowed just five hits and one walk. 

Josh Erpenbeck and Schuyler Wilcox tossed scoreless innings as part of the effort.

Rose-Hulman improved to 8-4 on the season and hosts Wabash on Tuesday at 6 pm.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Engineers got on the scoreboard first, starting in the third inning. Mesenbrink drove in two runs for Rose-Hulman with a single, that scored Taylor and Couillard-Rodak.

The Hawks failed to push any runs across before the Engineers built on their lead in the fifth inning. Taylor came across to score the lone run of the inning for Rose-Hulman, which brought the score to 3-0 in favor of the Engineers.

Rose-Hulman held Illinois Tech scoreless before expanding their lead to 4-0 the following inning.

The Hawks gained ground, closing the gap to 4-3 until Rose-Hulman added some insurance in the seventh. The Engineers drove home two runs when a single from Kade Kline scored Couillard-Rodak and Mesenbrink, bringing the Rose-Hulman advantage to 6-3.

The Engineers kept Illinois Tech without a run before building on their lead to 11-3 the following inning. The Rose-Hulman offense piled up five runs, highlighted by a two-run home run off the bat of Mesenbrink. The score remained 11-3 for the rest of the game, as the Engineers coasted to the win.

GAME NOTES
» Rose-Hulman got three-hit games from both Taylor and Mesenbrink.
» Borcherding struck out seven Hawks hitters.
» The Engineers power output was led by Mesenbrink, who picked up two extra base hits in the ballgame.
» Mesenbrink drove in four runs for Rose-Hulman.
» Rose-Hulman's highest scoring inning was the eighth, when it pushed five runs across.
» Rose-Hulman grabbed the lead at 2-0 in the bottom half of the third and never lost that advantage.
» Borcherding put together six innings of shutout ball for the Engineers.
» Five Engineers had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» The Engineers out-hit the Hawks at a 14-9 clip.
» Couillard-Rodak stole two bases in Sunday's game.
» Rose-Hulman went 7-for-21 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» Rose-Hulman pitchers faced 39 Illinois Tech hitters in the game, allowing seven ground balls and eight fly balls while striking out 11.
» The Engineers drew four walks from Illinois Tech pitching.
» Mesenbrink led the Engineers at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and four RBIs.
» Illinois Tech was led offensively by Samuel Sproule, who went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
» Ethan Jennsen led the Hawks pitching staff, throwing one inning of one-run ball.

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