FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech baseball team hosted the Rochester University Warriors for their final home series over the weekend with doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, the Warriors recognized the seniors for all their accomplishments and the impact they've had on the Tech baseball program. The Warriors were dominant on Saturday, winning both games 23-2 and 12-2. The Orange and Black took two more on Sunday, winning 5-3 in game one and 11-4 in game two. Tech improves to 29-12 and 15-9 in conference play.
In game one on Saturday, the Warriors set a new season high in runs scored as they posted 23.
Christian Mojica,
Parker Bates,
Tyler Stahl,
Nolan McKim, and
Alex Watkins all had multiple RBI performances, as Mojica led the charge with 4. The Warriors had 19 RBIs on 9 hits.
Carson McNulty continues to swing a hot bat as he went 1 for 1 in game one and 2 for 3 in game two with 4 RBIs on the day. Ryan Ulenhake started game one and threw 4 innings, allowing 1 hit and 1 run while striking out 6.
Luke Myers was on the bump to start game two as he threw 5 innings, allowed 3 hits, 2 runs, and stuck out 10.
Tech took game one on Sunday 5-3, with Reed and Stahl both recording 2 hits. Recording RBIs for Tech were Daftari, Bates, and Patterson with 2, 2, and 1, respectively.
Ethan McCormick got the start on the mound, but
Jesse Burch got the win as he came in to pitch in the second inning and threw 5.1 innings, allowing 0 runs on 3 hits while striking out 4. In game two on Sunday, Reed led the offense with 3 RBIs while Patterson went 3 for 3 at the plate.
Kade Robinson started game two and got the win, throwing 2 innings.
Spencer Strobel came in to relieve Robinson to throw a staggering 15 strikeouts while allowing 0 hits in 6 innings.
Tech travels to Lima, Ohio, to take on the University of Northwestern Ohio in their next contest. The game is set to start at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, April 26.
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