Mount Union's baseball team (3-7) earned a split on day #1 of the Rose Hulman Engineer Classic in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Saturday, March 17. The Purple Raiders won 6-4 over host Rose Hulman (5-4) then lost 10-6 against Concordia-Chicago (7-3) in the second contest.

Against the Engineers, the Purple & White jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third inning and eventually built the lead to four at 6-2 before Rose-Hulman closed the gap with a pair of late runs.

Shawn Kerek (3-0) picked up the victory for the Purple Raiders going 6.1 innings, allowing three earned runs and fanning five in the process. Tommy Kerr went the final 2.2 innings, picking up his first save of the season.

Offensively, Josh Faltot, Andy Warner and Thomas Pfaus collected two hits each for Mount Union.

Box Score

In the second contest, Mount Union led 4-3 after three innings, but a four-run fourth followed by a two- run eighth, and an insurance run in the ninth earned Concordia its seventh win of the spring.

The Raiders' Michael Almasy led the attack with a 3-for-3 day and two RBI at the plate while teammate Andy Warner finished 3-for-4. Brett Thomas (0-3) took the loss for the Purple Raiders.

Mount Union will play Rose-Hulman on Sunday, March 18 at 11 a.m. followed by a contest against Edgewood at 1:30 p.m. Follow the action with live stats at the tournament site.