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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. –
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology relied on solid hitting and a complete game
effort on the mound by freshman Derek Eitel (Marshall, Ill.) to earn a
6-2 win over Anderson at Victory Field on Monday night.
Eitel tossed his
first career complete game with a career-high 12 strikeouts to move to 2-1 on
the season. He scattered 12 hits but surrendered no walks and just one
earned run.
Offensively, junior
Michael Matsui (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield South), senior Matt Salisbury
(Fort Wayne/ Homestead), and senior Kellen Hurst (Noblesville) led a
10-hit attack with a pair of hits. Matsui had one run, two RBIs and a
double, and Hurst scored twice with a double.
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The Engineers and Ravens
battled in beautiful Victory Field. |
Rose-Hulman scored in
the first, second and third innings to jump out to a 5-0 lead.
In the opening frame,
Matsui drew a walk and
advanced to second on a single by senior Matt Pepelea (Terre Haute/South).
Salisbury added another walk to load the bases, then Matsui scored on a
sacrifice fly by Hurst.
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Derek Eitel tossed a
complete game
with 12 strikeouts for Rose-Hulman. |
In the second frame,
senior Jimmy Murray (Gahanna, Ohio) slapped a single and advanced to
second on a walk to freshman Chandler Kent (Antioch, Ill.). Matsui
then drove home both runners with a double to left field.
In the third,
Rose-Hulman again scored twice to take a 5-0 advantage. Salisbury and
Hurst opened the inning with singles, then junior Adam Knaack (McHenry,
Ill./West) slapped a double to score Salisbury. Senior Tim Braun
(Evergreen Park, Ill./Brother Rice) capped the frame with a sacrifice fly to
score Hurst.
The duo of Hurst and
Braun teamed up again in the fourth to put the Engineers ahead 6-0. Hurst
slapped a double to open the frame, then Braun hit another sacrifice fly to give
Rose-Hulman another score.
Rose-Hulman improved
to 12-8 on the season and 6-2 in HCAC play, while Anderson dropped to 7-12 on
the campaign and 2-5 in league games. The Engineers host Defiance College
in a three-game league series starting Friday. |
