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Baseball Hosts Bluffton in Sunday Doubleheader at Noon

4/29/2022 11:30:00 AM

SUNDAY VS. BLUFFTON:
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team (20-10, 9-5 HCAC) travels to Bluffton University (16-18) in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader on Sunday at noon.

ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman has a 20-10 record and a 9-5 HCAC mark with 10 wins in its last 13 games heading into Sunday's doubleheader.
* Josh Mesenbrink has set a new Rose-Hulman single-season school record for home runs with 12 this season.
* Mesenbrink was named HCAC Hitter of the Week and to the D3baseball.com National Team of the Week after hitting 4 home runs on the week of April 11-17, including 3 in the Transylvania doubleheader.
* Mesenbrink leads the team in home runs (12), RBIs (41), runs scored (37), slugging average (.810) and on-base percentage (.483) along with a .371 batting average.
* Manuel Lopez has provided offensive depth with a .366 average, 11 doubles and a team-high 4 triples.
* Kade Kline has a .351 batting average with 2 triples and 17 RBIs.
* Colter Couillard-Rodak leads the team with 12 doubles and has a .319 batting average for the season.
* Shane Garner ranks second on the team with 5 home runs this season.
* Brett Tuttle (.322, 5 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR); Harrison Finch (.308, 6 2B); Andy Krajecki (.288, 4 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR) and Adam Taylor (.283, 4 2B, 2 3B) have provided offensive depth.
* Ian Kline leads the pitching staff with a 5-2 pitching record.  Kline has a 3.55 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 45.2 innings of work. 
* Matthew Rouse has added a 3-3 record, a 2.45 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 29.1 innings pitched.
* Brett Borcherding has added a 2-1 record with 31 strikeouts in 31 innings of work.
* Josh Erpenbeck provides depth to the starting rotation with 22 strikeouts and a 2-1 record in 31 innings of work.
* Adam Taylor (3 saves, 3.38 ERA), Schuyler Wilcox (2-2, 3 saves), Korey Marlow (2-0, 1.40), Paul Durell (1-0, 3.71) have added pitching depth.
* After Sunday's game, Rose-Hulman travels to DePauw on Thursday for a 5 pm non-conference matchup.

BLUFFTON SERIES HISTORY SINCE 1990:
* Overall Series: Rose-Hulman leads 40-8
* Current Streak: Bluffton won 2
* Last Meeting: BU 9, RHIT 7 on 5/15/2021
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