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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team is set to host a mid-week game with the Wabash College Little Giants on Wednesday at 6 PM at Art Nehf Field.
ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers come in to this weekend with a 9-6 record and at 2-0 in the HCAC.
* Rose-Hulman got back on track with a Sunday sweep of Defiance to open HCAC play.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won eight of their last eleven games with their losses coming in a series sweep by #25 Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
* Rose-Hulman enters the season with a 44-player roster under the direction of second-year head coach
Adam Rosen.
* The Fightin' Engineers finished last season 28-13 and 12-6 in the HCAC which was enough for a 3rd place finish. The Fightin' Engineers fell to Earlham in the HCAC Championship.
* Rose-Hulman was picked to finish 2nd in the HCAC this season, in a preseason poll of league coaches released in February.
* Rose-Hulman has received preseason notice from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as they received votes in the NCAA Division III national poll.
* Rose-Hulman will return to their home field on Saturday for the first two games of a three-game series with Mount St. Joseph at 12 PM and 3 PM.
TEAM HITTING LEADERS:
BATTING AVERAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.404)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.469)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.649)
HITS -
Andy Krajecki (23)
DOUBLES -
Conner O'Connell /
Peter Rogers (3)
TRIPLES -
Dalton Busboom /
Kade Kline (1)
HOME RUNS -
Andy Krajecki (4)
RBIs -
Ben Christiansen /
Kade Kline /
Andy Krajecki (10)
RUNS -
Andy Krajecki (16)
WALKS -
Colter Couillard-Rodak (15)
STEALS -
Kade Kline (6)
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS:
ERA -
Josh Erpenbeck (1.13)
WHIP -
Josh Erpenbeck (0.63)
WINS -
Zacheus Carr /
Ian Kline /
Alec Lewandowski (2)
SAVES -
Jonathan Oliger (3)
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE -
Josh Erpenbeck (0.77)
STRIKEOUTS -
Ian Kline (25)
INNINGS -
Ian Kline (22.0)
WABASH NOTES:
* Wabash comes into the game with a 13-6 record.
* The Little Giants won their last six games of their spring trip before dropping two of three to Hanover.
* Wabash comes in on a three-game win streak with a doubleheader sweep of Illinois Wesleyan
* AJ Reid paces the Little Giants with a .461 with a 1.455 OPS. He has accumulated 17 extra base hits with eight doubles, three triples, and six home runs.
* Liam Patton and Kamden Earley each boast an OPS just shy of 1.000 at .997 and .995.
* On the mound, Freshman Caleb Everson leads the team with a 3-0 record and an ERA of 3.25.
* After the mid-week trip to Terre Haute, the Little Giants will travel to Denison on Saturday for an NCAC doubleheader.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 40-17 over Wabash.
* The Fightin' Engineers won all three games during the 2022 season.
* Rose-Hulman currently sits at 13-3 in their last 16 games dating back to 2003.
* The Fightin' Engineers are 12-1 at Art Nehf Field against the Little Giants dating back to 1998.
ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
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Andy Krajecki - 13th in school history with a career 0.547 slugging percentage
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Jonathan Oliger - 14th in school history in single-season saves with 3
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Schuyler Wilcox - 6th in school history with 6 career saves
