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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team travles to Ohio on Friday afternoon for their final road games of the season at Bluffton at 1 PM and 4 PM. All four games during the rest of the season are crucial for the Fightin' Engineers as they look to finish in the top-6 of the HCAC to make the tournament in Kokomo. 

ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers come in to this weekend with a 18-18 record and at 10-8 in the HCAC. 
* Rose-Hulman comes into this weekend after going just 1-3 against Anderson and Earlham last weekend.
* The Fightin' Engineers have dropped 11 of their last 14 games since their Easter weekend series with Hanover.
* Rose-Hulman currently sit in 4th place in the HCAC, tied with Manchester and one-game up on Anderson and Earlham.
* The team currently ranks 5th in school history in hit by pitches in a season with 54, tied with the 2006 and 2017 squads.
* They also rank 8th in school history in walks in a season with 167, tied with the 2018 squad.
* The team currently has the 8th highest ERA in school history for a single season.
* After playing Bluffton, the Fightin' Engineers will return home for Senior Day against the Manchester Spartans on May 7.

TEAM HITTING LEADERS (Min. of 72 ABs):
BATTING AVERAGE - Andy Krajecki (.361)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE - Andy Krajecki (.459)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Andy Krajecki (.576)
HITS - Andy Krajecki (52)
DOUBLES - Andy Krajecki (13)
TRIPLES - Kade Kline (3)
HOME RUNS - Andy Krajecki (6)
RBIs - Colter Couillard-Rodak (31)
RUNS - Kade Kline (45)
WALKS - Dalton Busboom (29)
HIT BY PITCHENS - Ben Christiansen (12)
STEALS - Kade Kline (19)

TEAM PITCHING LEADRS (Min. of 18 IP):
ERA - Warren Goik (4.23)
WHIP - Warren Goik (1.52)
WINS - Ian Kline (4)
SAVES - Jonathan Oliger (3)
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE - Warren Goik (.248)
STRIKEOUTS - Ian Kline (53)
INNINGS - Ian Kline (51.2)

BLUFFTON NOTES:
* Bluffton comes into Senior Day at 20-14 and 12-6 in the HCAC.
* The Beavers have won 5 of their last 7 with sweeps of Transylvania and Mount St. Joseph.
* Bluffton has an 11-2 record at home on the season with their only two losses coming to in big fashion to Wittenberg (27-7) and Anderson (19-3).
* Senior Jack Towell leads the offensive attack with a .371 batting average and 20 extra base hits. He is slugging 1.074 on the season.
* Sophomore Justin Maurer has also hit it well with a .323 batting average and a .951 OPS.
* On the mound, the Beavers are led by Andrew Collinsworth with a 4.73 ERA. 
* Jaden Jacques has also had a 3.41 ERA in 11 appearances and 4 starts for Bluffton.
* After batting Rose-Hulman, the Beavers will travel South to Hanover for the final doubleheader of the season.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 42-8 over Bluffton.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won 23 of the last 25 meetings with the Beavers dating back to 2013.
* The only two wins for Bluffton came in the 2021 HCAC Tournament after they were swept 4-0 by Rose-Hulman during the season.
* Rose-Hulman is 22-4 all-time at Bluffton.

ROSE-HULMAN CAREER RECORDS:
* Dalton Busboom - 11th in school history iwth a .983 career fielding percentage
* Ian Kline - T-13th in school history with 125 strikeouts
* Kade Kline - T-11th in school history with 25 stolen bases
* Andy Krajecki - 15th in school history with a .542 slugging percentage
* Schuyler Wilcox - T-6th in school history with 6 career saves

ROSE-HULMAN SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS:
* Dalton Busboom - 5th in school history with 29 walks, 10th in school history with 261 putouts, and 12th in school history with 284 fielding chances
* Ben Christiansen - T-11th in school history with 12 times being hit by a pitch
* Colter Couillard-Rodak - T-12th in school history with 26 walks
* Kade Kline - T-5th in school history with 19 stolen bases
* Jonathan Oliger - T-14th in school history with 3 single-season saves

HCAC STANDINGS:
1. Franklin (15-3)
T2. Bluffton (12-6)
T2. Transylvania (12-6)
T4. Rose-Hulman (10-8)
T4. Manchester (10-8)
T6. Earlham (9-9)
T6. Anderson (8-8)
8. Hanover (6-10)
9. Mount St. Joseph (5-13)
10. Defiance (1-17)