WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Mount Union's baseball team shut out Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 7-0 in a rain shortened eight inning game Tuesday at Chain O'Lakes Stadium in Winter Haven, Fla.

The Purple Raiders are now 5-0 to start the season while Rose-Hulman falls to 2-1 overall.

Mount Union got a strong start from sophomore pitcher Kyle Toma (Strongsville/Strongsville) who in his first career start for the Raiders allowed only three hits over the first six innings to pick up his first win of the season.  

Ryan Sason (Mentor/Lake Catholic) surrendered only two hits over the next two innings to preserve the shutout.

The Raiders jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning after walks to Connor Mathis (Akron/Firestone) and Anthony Morino (Strongsville/Strongsville) -- Lee Grosscup (Green/Green) followed up with an RBI single and Evan Knott (Canton/GlenOak) had a sacrifice fly RBI.

Mount Union added to the lead with a run in the fifth off a Morino sacrifice fly RBI and a run in the sixth as Sean Mohney (Lodi/Cloverleaf) drove on in on a fielder's choice to make the score 4-0.

The Raiders blew the game open with a three-run seventh as Grosscup drove in a run on a single while Steve Mitch (Sagamore Hills/Trinity) had a two-RBI single to extend the lead to 7-0.

Andrew Stull gave up six runs -- five earned -- on seven hits to take the loss on the mound for the Engineers.

Mount Union returns to the field Thursday at 11 am taking on St. Vincent (Pa.) at Lake Myrtle Park in Auburndale.  The game will feature a live audio webcast and live stats on http://athletics.mountunion.edu