ORU PULLS AWAY FROM JACKS

Friday, April 30

Tulsa, Okla.

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

11-21, 0

Oral Roberts

17-18, 0

South Dakota State

Oral Roberts

Photo by: SDSU Sports Information

4/30/2021 9:47:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. – Adam Oviedo drove in five runs and Jake McMurray added five hits and four runs scored for an Oral Roberts squad that pulled away for a 14-4, eight-inning victory over South Dakota State in Summit League baseball action Friday night at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

In claiming the season opener, league-leading ORU improved to 17-18 overall and 8-4 in The Summit League. SDSU dropped to 11-21 overall and 6-11 in league play.

After South Dakota State tied the game with a three-run top of the second, it was all Golden Eagles. ORU scored twice in the home half of the second on a sacrifice fly and Jackrabbit error.

The Golden Eagles pushed their lead to 6-3 on another sacrifice fly in the fourth before SDSU countered with a run in the seventh on an RBI single by Derek Hackman that plated Jess Bellows.

ORU put the game out of reach against the Jackrabbit bullpen in the seventh as Oviedo capped a five-run inning with a grand slam. The Golden Eagles then ended the game early due to the 10-run rule with three more runs in the eight, including the game-ending single by Oviedo.

McMurray started the Oral Roberts rally in the first inning with a base hit and scored on Caleb Denny's base hit. Hunter Swift tallied a two-run single later in the frame.

The Jackrabbits tied the game with a three-run top of the second, loading the bases on two walks and a hit batter. Hackman scored on a wild pitch and Drew Beazley came across on an error, leading to an early exit for ORU starter Tanner Rogen. Bellows finished off the rally with a single that scored Jamie Berg.

Golden Eagle reliever Colten Weber settled in from there, pitching five shutout innings while striking out three and walking two.

Adam Mazur took the loss for the Jackrabbits, surrendering five earned runs on 10 hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked one.

ORU held a 16-4 advantage in hits, including a 4-for-4 effort by Ryan Cash.

UP NEXT
The two squads are scheduled to play a doubleheader Saturday, starting at 2 p.m.

NOTES

Oral Roberts leads the all-time series, 56-17
Bellows extended his hitting streak to seven games and has reached base safely in 13 consecutive games
Bellows has notched a hit in 26 of 30 games this season
Hackman raised his batting average in league play to .360
Avery Mellman had the lone extra-base hit for SDSU with an eighth-inning double

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