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Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
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Matt Salisbury capped a
historic career as Rose-Hulman's
all-time leader in hits, runs scored, doubles and walks. |
AMELIA, OHIO -
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology was knocked out of Heartland Collegiate
Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament contention and completed its season with
a doubleheader split at Mount St. Joseph on Saturday.
The Lions topped
Rose-Hulman 8-4 in the opener, before the Engineers rallied to win by a 5-4
decision in the nightcap.
The Engineers
completed their 16th winning season in the past 17 years under head coach Jeff
Jenkins. Rose-Hulman finished 21-18 overall and fifth in its first HCAC
season with a 12-10 mark.
The game also marked
the final contest for 11 seniors in the Engineer program that combined for 105
wins over the past four years.
In the opener, Mount St. Joseph
relied on six consecutive singles to score six times in the second inning and
help the Lions jump out to an 8-0 lead.
Rose-Hulman rebounded
with a pair of runs in the fourth frame. Freshman Andrew Bilse
(Munster) opened the frame with a walk and advanced on a single by senior
Matt Salisbury (Fort Wayne/Homestead), before senior Kellen Hurst
(Noblesville) drove home both runners with a two-out single.
The Engineers added
another two runs in the fifth inning. Sophomore Alex Decker (Seymour)
opened the rally with a single and advanced to second on a fielding error.
Senior Steven Sawusch (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook South) drove home one
run with a single and Salisbury added a sacrifice fly.
Salisbury finished
2-3 at the plate with one run and one RBI, and has become the all-time leader in
runs scored at Rose-Hulman with his efforts this weekend. Hurst added two
RBIs on his single.
In the nightcap,
senior Sam Deters (Teutopolis, Ill.) extended his single-season school
record with his sixth save and sophomore Andrew Pinkstaff (Vincennes/Lincoln)
slapped four singles to lead Rose-Hulman to the 5-4 victory.
Other key
contributors to the 15-hit attack included senior Tim Braun (Evergreen Park,
Ill.) with three singles and one RBI; senior Josh Nash (Elizabethtown,
Ky./Central Hardin) with two hits and one run scored; Salisbury with two
hits, two runs and one RBI; and Hurst with two hits and one RBI.
The Engineers turned
a 1-0 deficit into a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning with one score.
Pinkstaff opened the rally with a single, and freshman Chandler Kent
(Antioch, Ill.) added a hit of his own, and Braun brought home the tying run
with another single.
Rose-Hulman captured
a 3-2 lead with five singles in a two-run sixth inning rally. Nash,
Pinkstaff, Salisbury, Braun and Hurst combined on the hits to give the Engineers
their first lead of the day.
The Engineers
increased their edge to 4-2 in the seventh inning with consecutive singles by
Nash and Pinkstaff to score senior Adam Knaack (McHenry, Ill./West).
After Mount St.
Joseph tied the score at 4-4, Rose-Hulman scored again in the eighth frame.
Salisbury, Hurst and freshman Kirk Thompson (Harrisburg, Ill.) each hit
singles, then senior Matt Pepelea (Terre Haute/South) brought home
Salisbury with a sacrifice fly.
Mount St. Joseph
stands 30-9 on the season and 15-7 in league play to earn the No. 2 seed at the
upcoming HCAC Tournament.
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