WESTFIELD, Ind. – #3 Denison was able to get the best of Rose-Hulman as the Big Red won the double header series by scores of 12-1 and 5-0.
Game One
The Big Red posted a 12-1 win through seven innings of action.
Rose-Hulman recorded seven hits as a team, highlighted by junior
Jackson Summers and freshman
Michael Hines each hitting 2-3.
Summers added an RBI single on a line drive to right field, where sophomore
Joe Nevle scored a run for Rose-Hulman, following a single of his own to right field.
Sophomores
Jackson Harms and
TJ Pipkins recorded the Fightin' Engineers' final two hits of the game.
On the mound, junior
Brad Nardi recorded three strikeouts in three innings, while senior
Warren Goik pitched two strikeouts across two innings of action.
Game Two
Denison swept the series, as they earned a 5-0 win in game two to improve to 6-1 on the season.
The Fightin' Engineers posted six hits as a team, with Summers and senior
Connor O'Connell recording two hits on four at-bats. O'Connell's day was highlighted by an eighth inning double off the left field wall, and Hines and Pipkins would each add singles on line drives to the outfield.
The Fightin' Engineers' defense recorded two double plays in the game, and they would leave a runner stranded at third to keep the game tied at zero halfway through the fourth.
Pipkins hauled in a fly ball at the right center field wall at the top of the third, and Summers would make a sensational over-the-shoulder catch in the fifth inning.
Senior
Tyler Orr put together a stellar showing on the mound, where he did not give up a hit or an earned run across four innings. He struck out three batters, while junior
Camden Judson also recorded three strikeouts across five innings pitched.
The Fightin' Engineers will face another nationally ranked opponent in their first game at Art Nehf Field. They will take on the #12 Washington-St. Louis Bears on Tuesday, March 10 at 5 PM.