Sharrow, Bray lead Jacks past Oral Roberts

Friday, April 24

Tulsa, Okla.

6:30 PM

South Dakota State University

25-15, 0

Oral Roberts

28-12, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
South Dakota State	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	12	1
Oral Roberts	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	2

4/24/2015 10:58:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: SDSU Sports Info

TULSA, Okla. – Cody Sharrow supplied the offense, tying a career high with four runs batted in, and Adam Bray recorded his third consecutive victory after pitching seven strong innings as South Dakota State pulled away for a 7-2 win over Summit League-leading Oral Roberts in the opening game of a three-game baseball series Friday night at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

With their 17^th win in their last 21 games, the Jacrkabbits improved to 25-15 overall and 12-7 in league play. Oral Roberts dropped to 28-12 overall and 15-4 in The Summit League.

Sharrow opened the scoring with a three-run home run to left-center field in the second inning, plating Newt Johnson and Al Robbins ahead of him.

After allowing a hit to Matt Whatley to lead off the home half of the first inning, Bray did not allow another hit until the sixth. The lone ORU run of the game came without the benefit of a hit in the third inning. Bray walked the bases loaded before surrendering a sacrifice fly to Matt Brandy.

Bray finished his seven-inning outing with six strikeouts and four walks, while allowing one run on four hits in improving to 6-3. He became the Jackrabbits' career leader in innings pitched with 303 2/3, passing Stephen Bougher (299 1/3 innings from 2010-13) in Friday's game.

The Jackrabbits put the game out of reach with a four-run eighth inning. Sharrow drove in the first run of the inning with a single to center, and Eric Danforth and Paul Jacobson followed with run-scoring singles of their own. Luke Ringhofer capped the SDSU scoring with a sacrifice fly that scored Danforth.

ORU added an unearned run in the ninth inning on a double by Whatley to wrap up the scoring.

SDSU held a 12-7 advantage in hits, with Zach Coppola, Matt Johnson, Sharrow and Danforth each notching two hits. Whatley was the lone player for ORU with more than one hit.

The two squads are scheduled to play the middle game of their three-game series at 2 p.m. Saturday.

NOTES: Oral Roberts leads the all-time series, 30-10 ... the season series is tied at two games apiece … Coppola extended his streak of reaching base safely to 34 games and Danforth upped his streak to 28 … Ringhofer has hit safely in seven games – the longest current streak on the team … Sharrow also drove in four runs in a game at Alabama A&M on Feb. 23, 2014 … Sharrow's home run was the lone extra-base hit for the Jackrabbits … eight of SDSU's nine batters tallied a hit … Coppola stole his 31^st base in as many attempts this season … Bray recorded his 21^st career victory, tying him with Chad Coley (1990-93) and Matt Magers (1995-97) for third place on the SDSU career wins chart … Bray lowered his earned run average to a team-best 2.63 … the Jackrabbits tied a season high by turning three double plays

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7, ORAL ROBERTS 2
SDSU 030 000 040 7-12-1
ORU 001 000 001 2-7-2
SDSU: Adam Bray, Andrew Clemen (8) and Reid Clary. ORU: Guillermo Trujillo, Sean Leary (8), Hayden Holley (8), Colin Hightower (8) and Matt Whatley.
W-Bray (6-3). L-Trujillo (6-3). Save-none.
HR: SDSU-Cody Sharrow (2).