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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team finishes off their 2024 spring trip on Saturday as they host Houghton at 9 AM at the Lake Myrtle Sports Park.

ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
» Rose-Hulman baseball concludes their 2024 spring trip with Saturday morning's game against Houghton.
» The Fightin' Engineers finished their season opening series with Emory with a 1-2 overall record. Rose-Hulman won the first game on Saturday by a score of 11-9, but they fell 11-6 and 16-4 in the final two games.
» Rose-Hulman started their 2024 Russ Matt Invitational run with a pair of one-run victories over Dubuque (6-5) and Moravian (8-7 in 10 inn.), but they dropped both games of Friday's doubleheader to Grove City
» Rose-Hulman opens their third season under head coach Adam Rosen as the Fightin' Engineers look to improve upon a 23-21 season in 2023 that included a 13-9 record in the HCAC.
» Kade Kline leads the team in batting this year with a .318 batting average. He has reached base safely in 7 of the 8 games this year, and he had his 26-game reached base streak broken in the first game of Friday's doubleheader. Kline also leads the team in on-base percentage (0.484) and slugging percentage (0.591).
» Connor O'Connell has 8 hits including 2 doubles and a triple to lead the team in hits, doubles, and extra-base hits in 2024.
» Josh Erpenbeck completed the Rose-Hulman comeback on Tuesday with a two-out, two-RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Fightin' Engineers their first and last lead of the game. He also led Rose-Hulman with three hits on Friday.
» Michael Yager leads the team on the hill with 11.1 innings pitched and 10 strikeouts.
» Schuyler Wilcox has picked up the win in two of the three RoseHulman victories this season. His 2.25 ERA is the top on the team for all qualifying pitchers.
» Rose-Hulman was selected fourth overall in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference preseason poll. The Fightin' Engineers received 62 poll points.
» The Fightin' Engineers return to action in two weeks as they host a three-game series with the Calvin Knights on March 15 and 16.

HOUGHTON NOTES:
Houghton Highlanders » Houghton enters Friday's game with an 0-6 overall record to open the 2024 season.
» The Highlanders have dropped games to Alma, Carthage, Grove City, and Wartburg (3 times).
» Houghton has struggled at the plate this season with a .207 batting average and a .241 slugging percentage with just 6 hits per game and only 3 total extra base hits. » Nate Hall leads the team at the plate with 5 hits, 2 doubles, and a .333 batting average on the year.
» Kanta Ueno has added a team-high 5 RBIs with four total hits.
» The Highlanders have struggled on the mound with a 13.87 ERA through five games. They have walked 52 batters and hit 13 batters for a total of 13 free passes allowed per game.
» Houghton opponents are hitting .345 against the Highlanders this year, and they have a .527 on-base percentage which means one base runner gets on for every two batters.
» Houghton will finish their spring trip on Saturday with games against Rose-Hulman and Concordia-Chicago. After returning home, the Highlanders will face Pitt-Bradford on Tuesday, March 5 for a doubleheader.

2024 TEAM HITTING LEADERS (Min. 1.5 AB/Game):
BATTING AVERAGE - Kade Kline (0.318)
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE - Kade Kline (0.484)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Kade Kline (0.591)
HITS - Connor O'Connell (8)
DOUBLES - Connor O'Connell / Peter Rogers (2)
TRIPLES - Connor O'Connell / Tyler Otroszko / Mark Serdinak (1)
HOME RUNS - Kade Kline (2)
RUNS - Colton Brown (9)
EXTRA BASE HITS - Connor O'Connell (3)
RBI - Kade Kline (9)
STOLEN BASES - Kade Kline (5)
WALKS - Kade Kline (7)
HIT BY PITCHES - Josh Erpenbeck / Kade Kline / Tyler Otroszko (1)
LONGEST ACTIVE HIT STREAK - Mason Rasmussen (4 games) 
LONGEST ACTIVE REACHED BASE STREAK - Dalton Busboom (31 games)

TEAM PITCHING LEADERS (Min. 0.5 IP/Game)
GAMES - 11 Tied (2)
STARTS - Ian Kline / Michael Yager (2)
INNINGS - Michael Yager (11.1)
WINS - Schuyler Wilcox (2)
ERA - Schuyler Wilcox (2.25)
WHIP - Brett Borcherding (1.25)
SAVES - Jonathan Oliger (2)
STRIKEOUTS - Michael Yager (10)
K/BB - Brady Strawmyer (4.00)
K/9 - Brady Strawmyer (12.00)
BB/9 - Brady Strawmyer (3.00)
OBA - Brett Borcherding (0.231)

SERIES HISTORY:
» Rose-Hulman and Houghton have never met in the history of their programs.
» Rose-Hulman has only ever played one team from the Empire 8 conference in its program history.

ROSE-HULMAN CAREER RECORDS:
» Dalton Busboom - 9th in school history with a 0.986 fielding percentage
» Colter Couillard-Rodak - 11th in school history with 69 walks and 12th with 2 intentional walks
» Ian Kline - 12th in school history with 140 strikeouts and 12th with 38 strikeouts looking
» Kade Kline - 8th in school history with 34 stolen bases
» Jonathan Oliger - 5th in school history with 7 saves
» Schuyler Wilcox - 7th in school history with 6 career saves

HCAC STANDINGS / NEXT GAME:
Transylvania - 0-0 (3-0) - Mar. 2 vs. DePauw (DH)
Anderson - 0-0 (4-2) - Mar. 2 vs. Knox (DH)
Hanover - 0-0 (5-2) - Mar. 8 at Belhaven (DH)
Earlham - 0-0 (2-1) - Mar. 2 vs. Kalamazoo (DH)
Rose-Hulman - 0-0 (3-4) - Mar. 2 vs. Houghton
Manchester - 0-0 (1-1) - Mar. 2 vs. Keystone
Franklin - 0-0 (2-2) - Mar. 2 vs. Hope (DH)
Mount St. Joseph - 0-0 (1-2) - Mar. 2 vs. Ohio Wesleyan (DH)
Bluffton - 0-0 (0-0) - Mar. 3 vs. Baldwin Wallace
Defiance - 0-0 (0-0) - Mar. 4 vs. Alvernia