By the time the rain started to fall at Emory G. Bauer Field, the Roosevelt Lakers pitching staff had already experienced the storm.

Valparaiso (14-21) set season-high watermarks in runs and hits as the Crusaders distributed a 15-3 thumping over the Lakers Wednesday.

Six Crusaders had multi-hit games while four knocked in at least two runs.

Valpo scored early and often as Bryce Hara came in on a John Loeffler single to right field for the first run of the game. Chris Manning followed with an RBI ground out to short to make it 2-0.

Kyle Schneider recorded his first of two hits on the day in the 1st inning to plate Loeffler. Wednesday was Schneider's third multi-hit game in the last week.

The Crusaders added single tallies in the second and third frames thanks to a Hara sac fly and a Jake Hanson RBI single.

Drew Hasler (1-0) made his first career start as a Crusader. The freshman resided in the strike zone all five innings he tossed, neither walking a batter nor getting to three balls in any count.

His lone blemish came in the top of the 4th when Laker first baseman Ryan Pacyga deposited a fastball over the left field fence to trim the Crusader lead to 5-1.

Valpo put the game out of hand with a six-run 5th inning.

Andrew Bynum started the onslaught with a leadoff double to right center.  Valpo followed with five more hits capped off by a two-run single from Schneider.

Loeffler added a two-run double in the 6th for the 14th and 15th runs. He finished the day 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four runs batted in.

Tanner Vavra was a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored.

The Crusaders will quickly pack their bags as they depart Thursday morning for Tempe as a three-game series awaits them in Arizona.