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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team rides a six-game winning streak into this weekend as they are set to visit the Hanover College Panthers for a three-game series. Due to Easter being on Sunday, the games will be played at 4 PM on Friday and 12 PM and 3 PM on Saturday.
ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers come in to this weekend with a 13-6 record and at 5-0 in the HCAC. They are the lone unbeaten team remaining in the HCAC.
* Rose-Hulman has won six straight games with a sweep of Defiance, shutout of Wabash, and a sweep of Mount St. Joseph.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won twelve of their last fifteen games with their losses coming in a series sweep by #22 Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
* Rose-Hulman opened the year with a 1-2 record against #9 LaGrange.
* The Fightin' Engineers currently sit alone atop the HCAC with a half-game lead over both Franklin and Bluffton
* Rose-Hulman will return to the road next week for a pair of mid-week games on Tuesday at Webster and on Wednesday at Wash U.
TEAM HITTING LEADERS:
BATTING AVERAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.375)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE -
Ben Christiansen (.475)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.625)
HITS -
Kade Kline /
Andy Krajecki (27)
DOUBLES -
Kade Kline /
Conner O'Connell /
Peter Rogers (4)
TRIPLES -
Dalton Busboom /
Kade Kline /
Peter Rogers (1)
HOME RUNS -
Andy Krajecki (5)
RBIs -
Colter Couillard-Rodak (15)
RUNS -
Kade Kline (23)
WALKS -
Colter Couillard-Rodak (15)
STEALS -
Kade Kline (9)
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS:
ERA -
Warren Goik (1.38)
WHIP -
Evan Chung (1.13)
WINS -
Ian Kline (3)
SAVES -
Jonathan Oliger (3)
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE -
Evan Chung (.188)
STRIKEOUTS -
Ian Kline (32)
INNINGS -
Ian Kline (28.0)
HANOVER NOTES:
* Hanover comes into the weekend at 7-14 on the season with a 1-5 record in the HCAC.
* The Panthers have lost five straight games and eight of their last nine. Four of those eight games have been decided by one run.
* Hanover has a pair of common opponents with Rose-Hulman. The Panthers went 1-2 against Mount St. Joseph and 2-1 against Wabash.
* Rose-Hulman beat Wabash 6-0 and swept Mount St. Joseph over the weekend.
* Hanover only has three players batting over .300 with Alex Christie (.382), Connor Farnsley (.362), and Jake Danneman (.321).
* Christie set the school record for home runs in a career earlier this season. He has 16 extra base hits with 8 home runs on the season for an OPS of 1.341.
* Reid Douglas is next on the team in extra base hits with seven.
* Opposing teams have a .314 / .436 / .480 slash line against Hanover pitching this season.
* Marcus Goodpaster leads the Hanover pitching staff. In his five starts, he has a 4-0 record with two complete games and an ERA of 2.27 and WHIP of 1.07.
* The rest of the Hanover pitching staff has an ERA of 9.93, a WHIP of 2.49, and an opponent batting average of .338.
* After the series with Rose-Hulman, the Panthers will host Centre for a mid-week game on Tuesday before traveling to Earlham on Saturday.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 49-18 over Hanover.
* The Fightin' Engineers won two of three against the Panthers last year including a 14-6 win in the HCAC Tournament in Kokomo.
* Rose-Hulman has won nine of their last ten at Hanover dating back to 2013.
* The Fightin' Engineers have lost the season series with the Panthers just twice since the 1995 season.
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
HCAC STANDINGS:
1. Rose-Hulman (5-0)
T2. Franklin (5-1)
T2. Bluffton (5-1)
4. Earlham (4-2)
5. Transylvania (3-2)
T6. Mount St. Joseph (2-4)
T6. Anderson (2-4)
8. Manchester (1-4)
9. Hanover (1-5)
10. Defiance (0-5)
