Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Louisville, Ky: The No. 4 Denison Big Red baseball traveled to Louisville for the Derby City Classic to continue their 2025 campaign. Denison opened the day with a 6-3 victory over Spalding, followed with a 15-2 decision over Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. The Big Red move to 7-1 overall.

Up Next: Denison will cap off the weekend with another matchup against the Golden Eagles from Spalding University on Sunday, March 9. 

Game 1: (Denison 6, Spalding 3)
The Big Red kicked off the weekend with a 6-3 victory over the Golden Eagles of Spalding University. Erik Sudngren went yard three times, scoring five out of the six runs for the offense. Cooper Marrs had a solo shot to help fuel the Denison momentum in their win. The Big Red bullpen complemented the starter, Nick Falter, well. Ryan Starr and Michael Gray closed the game, allowing three runs throughout the nine-inning battle. Gray retired the final out with a looking strike three. Falter recorded his third win of the season while Gray picked up his first save of the year. The pitching staff combined for 12 strikeouts in the victory. 

Game 2: (Denison 15,  Rose Hulman 3)(7 innings)
The Fightin' Engineers of Rose Hulman Institute of Technology wasted no time getting things going with a three-run shot in the first inning. However, junior righty, Will Rettig, was able to silence the noise and strike out eight of the next nine outs. The Big Red responded with seven runs of their own over the next four innings from RBIs off of the bats of Alex Vasquez, Cooper Marrs, and Erik Sundgren. Sundgren launched a grand slam, his 4th homer of the day,  in the top of the 7th inning, moving the lead to 15-3.

Sam Larson came out of the bullpen in relief of Rettig, followed by junior Ryan Paganelis. The trio sat down 15 batters via strikeout. Denison collected 15 runs on 12 hits and allowed three runs on two errors.