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Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
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Rose-Hulman's 2007 class
of 11 celebrated Senior Day. |
TERRE HAUTE, IND. -
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology relied on a strong pitching performance from
senior Brad Otto (Bath/Union County) to earn a doubleheader split against
Transylvania University on Saturday.
The Engineers won the
second game 4-3, after Transylvania captured an 8-5 victory in the
opener.
Otto led the Senior
Day effort with eight innings on the mound, scattering nine hits and allowing
just one earned run with five strikeouts to shut down a potent Transylvania
offense.
Offensively, junior
Gabe Focke (St. Leon/East Central) led the Engineers with three hits and
one run scored. Senior Tim Braun (Evergreen Park, Ill./Brother Rice)
added a two-run home run, while freshman Tim Tepe (Cincinnati, Ohio/Edler)
slapped a double and a single for Rose-Hulman.
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Matt Salisbury tied
Rose-Hulman's career hits
record with a pair of hits in the opening game. |
In the opener, Braun
led the Engineer offense with three hits and one RBI. Senior Matt
Salisbury (Fort Wayne/Homestead) had two hits and scored twice to tie the
all-time hits record at Rose-Hulman with 186.
Junior Michael Matsui
(Joliet, Ill./Plainfield South) also slapped two singles and drove home one
run.
The twinbill was
Senior Day for 11 members of the Rose-Hulman baseball program. Braun,
Todd Clementoni (Muncy, Pa.), Kellen Hurst (Noblesville), Adam
Knaack (McHenry, Ill./West), Ben Mitchum (New Palestine), Jimmy
Murray (Gahanna, Ohio/Columbus Academy), Josh Nash (Elizabethtown,
Ky./Central Hardin), Otto, Matt Pepelea (Terre Haute/South),
Salisbury and Steven Sawusch (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook South) have
combined for a 104-56 career record and a pair of league division titles in
their four-year careers.
Transylvania stands
24-10 overall and 12-6 in HCAC play, while Rose-Hulman has a record of 20-15 and
11-7 in league play. The Engineers host Anderson University in the
season's home finale on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
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