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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team rides a three-game winning streak into this weekend as they are set to host the Mount St. Joseph Lions in a three-game HCAC series. There will be one game on Saturday at 3 PM with a doubleheader on Sunday at 12 PM and 3 PM.
ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers come in to this weekend with a 10-6 record and at 2-0 in the HCAC.
* Rose-Hulman got back on track with a Sunday sweep of Defiance to open HCAC play before taking down Wabash 6-0 on Wednesday.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won nine of their last twelve 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 hit the road next weekend for a three-game series at Hanover on Friday and Saturday due to Easter being on Sunday.
TEAM HITTING LEADERS:
BATTING AVERAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.383)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.464)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.617)
HITS -
Andy Krajecki (23)
DOUBLES -
Conner O'Connell /
Peter Rogers (3)
TRIPLES -
Dalton Busboom /
Kade Kline (1)
HOME RUNS -
Andy Krajecki /
Colter Couillard-Rodak (4)
RBIs -
Ben Christiansen /
Andy Krajecki (11)
RUNS -
Andy Krajecki (17)
WALKS -
Colter Couillard-Rodak (15)
STEALS -
Kade Kline (8)
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 (0.077)
STRIKEOUTS -
Ian Kline (25)
INNINGS -
Ian Kline (22.0)
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH NOTES:
* Mount St. Joseph comes into the weekend at 12-5 with a 2-1 record in the conference.
* The Lions have won seven of their last eight games starting during their Florida Trip.
* Mount St. Joseph comes in with a team batting average of .310 and on-base percentage of .410.
* All six eligible players have batting averages over 0.335.
* Ryan Murray leads the team with a 1.264 OPS and .767 slugging percentage on 12 extra base hits including 5 home runs.
* Murray, Kevin Schaaf, Patrick Murray, Jake Lawson, and Anton Mere have all combined for 25 doubles on the season.
* On the mound, the Lions are led by Ethan Mason and Brice McGee.
* Mason has an ERA of 2.21 in four starts with 14 runs allowed, but only five of those runs are earned.
* McGee has an ERA of 2.81 with 14 runs allowed in 32 innnings. He has also struck out 28.
* After the series in Terre Haute, the Lions will travel to Asbury for a mid-week game on Wednesday.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 28-17 over Mount St. Joseph.
* The Fightin' Engineers swept the Lions last year with a 3-2 win and a 16-1 win.
* Rose-Hulman has won five straight games overall against the Lions.
* The Fightin' Engineers have also won 15 of the last 16 at Art Nehf Field against the Lions.
ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
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Andy Krajecki - 15th in school history with a career 0.540 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
