CARLINVILLE, Ill. – The Fightin' Engineers will take on the Blackburn Beavers in a nonconference matchup on Tuesday, April 14, at 3 PM.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers have improved to 14-12 on the season.
* Rose-Hulman currently stands at fourth in the HCAC with a 7-5 conference record.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won eight of the last 12 games with four mercy rule wins.
* RHIT posted records of 2-1 in their series with Hanover and Mt. St. Joseph.
* The Fightin' Engineers are coming off a 9-8 victory on their Senior Day against MSJ.
* The team set a season-high with three home runs in the match.
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TJ Pipkins hit a three-run homer to put Rose-Hulman ahead 5-3 in the second inning.
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Connor O'Connell and
Mason Rasmussen added back-to-back solo home runs in the fourth inning.
* Both O'Connell and
Issei Takahashi led the team with three hits.
* Takahashi, M. Rasmussen, and
Jackson Summers each scored two runs in the win.
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Tyler Orr recorded his second save of the season as he struck out the final batter he faced, while Mt. St. Joseph had a runner on third.
BLACKBURN NOTES:
* The Beavers have recorded a mark of 15-11, where they have gone 3-9 in conference action.
* Blackburn recently recorded consecutive wins over Principia by scores of 3-2 and 19-11.
* Redshirt-freshman Joey Congi leads the team with 21 hits, 21 runs, and 23 RBIs.
* J. Congi has hit eight of the team's 14 home runs this season.
* Senior Royce Congi has scored 18 runs on a team-high 22 hits.
* R. Congi has added 12 RBIs, four doubles, and one home run.
* He has also appeared in five games on the mound with a perfect five saves.
* Freshman Caden Carpenter leads the team with 32 strikeouts across 28.2 innings.
* He has posted a 1-1 record with a 3.14 ERA.
BLACKBURN SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman will take on Blackburn for the ninth time since 1990.
* This will be Rose-Hulman's first meeting with Blackburn since 1997.
* The Fightin' Engineers have posted a perfect 8-0 record.
* They have outscored Blackburn 88-16 across their eight games.
