TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Spalding University baseball team fell to Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology Wednesday night, 14-4. The win improves the Fightin' Engineers to 7-4, while the loss sees the Golden Eagles record fall to 9-7. Alec McNally (1-0) earned the win, while Cole Slamko (0-1) was tagged for the loss.
 
Kam Bruner had solid outing, going 3-for-4 with 2 RBI's, one run, and a stolen base. Korie Vire went 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs, and a stolen base. Caleb Kissel led Rose-Hulman, going 3-for-5 with three RBI's and three runs.
 
Spalding opened the scoring in the top of the first inning. Vire hit a single and stole second to move into scoring position. Bruner would hit a single to score Vire from second and give the Golden Eagles a 1-0 lead. In the bottom half, Rose-Hulman would score on a wild pitch to knot the game at 1-1. The Fightin' Engineers would use a big third inning to take a 4-1 lead off of three hits. The offense of Rose-Hulman would continue to shine in the bottom of the fourth. Five runs would come across to score, highlighted by a two RBI single from Caleb Kissel to make it a 9-1 ballgame. Spalding would work their way back into the game in the top of the sixth. Vire would single and reach second on a throwing error. Bruner would single to score Vire from second to make it 9-2. With runners on first and second, Matt Harper would single, scoring his man from second. Casey Gibson would step in next and hit a sacrifice fly to make it a 9-4 deficit. The Fightin' Egineeers would answer back in the bottom half of the inning when David Burnside hit a two-run homerun to extend their lead to 11-4. In the bottom of the seventh, Rose-Hulman would add two more runs to the box score, pushing their lead to 13-4. The Fightin' Engineers would add one more run in the eighth in an attempt to put the game away. Spalding would be unable to find a late rally as they were set down in order to close out the game.
 
Spalding will look to get back on the winning track Friday, March 25^th when they travel to Elsah, Ill. to take on Principia College in SLIAC play. The game is set to start at 8 pm EST.