DAVENPORT, Fla. -- The Allegheny College baseball team held on to defeat Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 9-6, on Wednesday at Northeast Regional Park in Davenport, Florida.

The Gators (5-4) concluded their spring break trip with a victory while handing the Fightin' Engineers (5-1) their first loss of the season. Second-year lefty Parker McRay (Mechanicsville, Va./Altee) twirled a gem on the mound for Allegheny with 7.0 scoreless innings with six strikeouts.

While McRay carved through the Rose-Hulman lineup, the Gators built a 7-0 lead throughout the first six innings. Allegheny plated a run in four consecutive innings after stranding runners on the bases in the first two frames. Tommaso Floro (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) lifted a sac fly to right for the first run of the game in the third, followed by an RBI base hit from Michael Alspaugh (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township). In the fourth and fifth, Nick Banez (Edmonds, Wash./Meadowdale) added RBI doubles, while the sixth was highlighted by run-scoring hits from Liam Irving (Olney, Md. Sherwood) and Alspaugh.

Rose-Hulman didn't go down without a fight, however. They attacked the Allegheny bullpen for four runs in the bottom of the eighth and two more in the ninth. Clinging to a 7-4 lead with two on in the eighth, second-year righty Ashton Reidy (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) took over on the mound and quickly induced an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play. But Allegheny needed its two insurance runs in the top of the ninth, as TJ Pipkins did his best to spark a comeback with a two-run homer for the Engineers in the bottom of the inning. Reidy was able to shake off the homer and finished his save by striking out two of the next three batters.

Inside the Box Score

• Allegheny scored nine runs on 11 hits without an error in the field.
• Rose-Hulman finished with six runs on 11 hits and two errors.
• Seven Gators had a hit, including multi-hit performances from Irving, Alspaugh, and Zach Miner (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township).
• Alspaugh was 3-for-5 with two RBIs, while Miner finished 2-for-4 with two runs batted in.
• Ty Eberhardt (Pittsburgh, Pa./Hopewell) was 1-for-3 with three walks and a team-high three runs scored.
• McRay tossed 7.0 innings with only four hits and one walk allowed.
• Rose-Hulman starter pitched 5.0 innings, surrendering five runs and striking out six in a losing effort.
• Pipkins came in off the bench and went 1-for-2 with the late two-run homer.

News and Notes

• Allegheny and Rose-Hulman met for just the second time in series history; the Gators beat the Fightin' Engineers, 12-9, in the Mideast Regional Tournament in 1996.
• McRay earned his second victory of the year with the longest outing of his career.
• Reidy picked up his first career save.
• Banez and Irving have reached base safely in all nine games so far in 2026.

Up Next
On Wednesday, March 11, the Gators will visit the College of Wooster for a non-conference matchup at 3 p.m.