LAGRANGE, Ga. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team picked up its first win of the 2023 season by taking down No. 3 ranked LaGrange 6-3 on Sunday afternoon in Georgia.

Brett Borcherding and Josh Erpenbeck combined to allow just two earned runs to provide the pitching needed for the Fightin' Engineers to pick up the victory.  Erpenbeck picked up the win in relief by allowing one earned run with one strikeout in 4.2 innings.  Borcherding allowed just one run with one strikeout in 4.1 innings of work.

Offensively, Rose-Hulman scored twice in the third inning and once in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead, then added three more runs in the seventh to make the score 6-1.

Andy Krajecki, Peter Rogers and Blake Deckard led the Rose-Hulman offense with two hits each.  Krajecki scored one run, Rogers had two singles and one RBI, and Deckard scored once and added a key sacrifice bunt that plated another Engineer run.

The Rose-Hulman defense played a key role in the victory by ending the first, fourth and fifth innings by turning double plays on the infield.  

Rose-Hulman improved to 1-2 on the season, while LaGrange dropped to 5-2 with losses only to the Engineers and No. 4 ranked Birmingham Southern.  The Fightin' Engineers return to action on Tuesday with a single game at Emory University.