FLORENCE, Kentucky -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology relied on pitching and defense in game one and an offensive onslaught in the nightcap to sweep Mount St. Joseph 3-2 and 16-1 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball action on Tuesday.

In the opener, Josh Erpenbeck allowed no earned runs in six innings with four strikeouts to help lead a strong pitching performance in a 3-2 victory.  Jonathan Oliger tossed a scoreless seventh, and Schuyler Wilcox pitched the final two innings to earn his third save.

Rose-Hulman relied on its defense to end the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.  Left fielder Harrison Finch threw out a potential run on a single to end the seventh.  The eighth and ninth innings finished with the Fightin' Engineers turning double plays in the middle infield to secure the win.

Offensively, Colter Couillard-Rodak and Manuel Lopez led the offense with two hits each, including a double.  Couillard-Rodak scored one run and Lopez had one RBI.  

Finch contributed two hits, and Brett Tuttle added a hit, run and RBI to support the offense.

In game two, Rose-Hulman enjoyed the unique feat of scoring at least one run in all nine innings in a 16-1 victory.

Josh Mesenbrink led the offensive effort with a home run, double, single, three runs scored and three RBIs.

Lopez added three hits, including a triple, with three RBIs and one run scored.

Adam Taylor added three singles, two runs scored and one RBI.  Couillard-Rodak also had three singles with one run scored and two RBIs.

Drew Roberts scored three runs, and Kade Kline joined Finch with two hits each as part of a 19-hit attack.

Matthew Rouse led the pitching effort with six innings and just one run allowed with five strikeouts.

Rose-Hulman improved to 14-7 and 5-3 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play, while Mount St. Joseph dropped to 9-18 and 1-9 in league games.  The Fightin' Engineers travel to the University of Louisville on Saturday to face Transylvania University in a 2 pm doubleheader.

GAME 1 | Rose-Hulman 3, Mount St. Joseph 2

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Engineers put runs on the scoreboard first, starting the scoring in the third inning. Lopez's RBI double was the key hit in Rose-Hulman's three-run inning. Mount Saint Joseph put two runs on the scoreboard before the game was over, but the Engineers still held on for the 3-2 win.

GAME NOTES
» Rose-Hulman's highest scoring inning was the third, when it pushed three runs across.
» Rose-Hulman grabbed the lead at 3-0 in the top half of the third and never lost that advantage.
» Erpenbeck put together six innings of one-run ball for the Engineers.
» Rose-Hulman pitchers faced 40 Mount Saint Joseph hitters in the game, allowing 11 ground balls and eight fly balls while striking out four.
» The Engineers drew six walks from Mount Saint Joseph pitching.
» Lopez led the Engineers at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
» Mount Saint Joseph was led offensively by Joshua Hagans, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
» Ryan Caulfield led the Lions pitching staff, throwing four scoreless innings.

GAME 2 | Rose-Hulman 16, Mount Saint Joseph 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Engineers scored in nine different innings on the way to the win. Rose-Hulman broke a 0-0 tie and took the lead for good at 1-0 in the first inning on Mesenbrink's two-out RBI double.

GAME NOTES
» Rose-Hulman got three-hit games from four different hitters.
» Rouse struck out five Lions hitters.
» The Engineers power output was led by Mesenbrink, who picked up two extra base hits in the ballgame.
» Mesenbrink and Lopez drove in three runs each for the Engineers. » Every Rose-Hulman starter reached base safely in the win.
» Rose-Hulman's highest scoring inning was the seventh, when it pushed three runs across.
» Rose-Hulman grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» Rouse put together six innings of one-run ball for the Engineers.
» Six Engineers had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» The Engineers had a total of 19 hits.
» The Engineers out-hit the Lions at a 19-5 clip.
» Rose-Hulman went 8-for-24 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» The Engineers got two hits in five at-bats with the bases loaded.
» Rose-Hulman pitchers limited Mount Saint Joseph to just 2-for-11 (.182) with runners in scoring position.
» Rose-Hulman pitchers faced 40 Mount Saint Joseph hitters in the game, allowing five ground balls and 14 fly balls while striking out nine.
» The Engineers drew eight walks from Mount Saint Joseph pitching.
» Mesenbrink led the Engineers at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI.
» Mount Saint Joseph was led offensively by Ryan Murray, who went 2-for-3.
» Evan Webb led the Lions pitching staff, throwing one inning of one-run ball.

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