HANOVER, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team split their Saturday doubleheader with a 8-4 win and a 6-1 loss.

The Fightin' Engineers got the offense going in the first inning of game one as they capitalized on a Hanover error to score two runs with RBIs from Peter Rogers and Connor O'Connell.

Rose-Hulman stretched the lead to 5-0 in the fifth with a pair of RBI singles from Kade Kline and O'Connell and a sacrficie fly by Rogers.

After Hanover added a run in the sixth, Rose-Hulman responded with a solo home run from Kline and a sacrifice fly by Colter Couillard-Rodak to make it 7-1.

Hanover battled back with three more in the eighth, but Rose-Hulman held on for the 8-4 victory.

Kline led the team with 3 runs scored and 3 hits, and Kline, Rogers, and O'Connell all added a pair of RBIs in the game one win.

Michael Yager earned his fifth win of the season with 7 strikeouts in 5.1 innings and just one run allowed. Schuyler Wilcox pitched 2.1 innings and gave up 3 unearned runs, and Jonathan Oliger closed it out with a shutout ninth inning.

In game two, Rose-Hulman once again jumped out in front with an RBI single by Couillard-Rodak.

Hanover tied it up in the fourth as they stole a run in a first-third situation, and they retook the lead in the seventh with an RBI single to bring home the unearned run.

The Panthers would tack on four more in the ninth and hold on for the 9-1 victory.

Kline, Rogers, and Couillard-Rodak led the team with two hits in the game two loss.

Ian Kline pitched lights out on the mound, going 7.0 innings and allowing just one earned run. He threw just 75 pitches in the start.

With the split, Rose-Hulman moves to 22-16 on the season and 13-7 in the HCAC. They will return to action on Sunday, May 5 at 1 PM and 4 PM for their Senior Day doubleheader.