BIG SIXTH INNING PROPELS JACKS PAST ORU

Saturday, March 16

Tulsa, Okla.

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

9-10, 0

Oral Roberts

7-12, 0

South Dakota State

Oral Roberts

Photo by: Chris Board

3/16/2024 6:10:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. — South Dakota State took the lead with an unearned run in the fifth inning and broke the game open with a five-run sixth to secure a series win over defending Summit League baseball champion Oral Roberts with a 12-7 victory Saturday afternoon at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

The Jackrabbits improved to 9-10 overall and 2-0 in league play. ORU dropped to 7-12 overall and fell to 0-2 in The Summit League. The Golden Eagles lost only one league game last season en route to a berth in the College World Series.

SDSU right-hander Jake Goble held the Golden Eagles in check through the first six innings, allowing single runs in the first and fourth frames. Three straight singles, the last of which was by David Herring, plated the first ORU run, The Golden Eagles strung together three more singles in the fourth with Kole Dudding delivering the run-scoring hit.

The Jackrabbits took a momentary 2-1 lead with two runs in the top of the third, loading the bases when Davis Carr was hit by a pitch, Carter Sintek reached on an infield single and Cael Frost walked. Dawson Parry came through with a single through the left side that scored Carr and Cade Stuff delivered a sacrifice fly that brought Sintek home.

SDSU received a gift in the fifth inning to gain a lead they would not relinquish. With two outs and Carter Sintek at first base, Stuff hit a deep fly ball on which the center fielder raced back to near the warning track, but dropped the ball to allow Sintek to race around the bases for a 3-2 lead.

Four of the Jackrabbits' six hits in the five-run sixth inning went for extra bases as SDSU built its lead to 8-2. Bryce Ronken and Luke Luskey opened the frame with back-to-back doubles for the first run and Reece Anderson added a run-scoring double two batters later. Frost then stepped to the plate and lined a pitch over the wall in right-center for a three-run home run.

Frost's team-leading ninth homer of the season also extended his hitting streak to 17 games.

SDSU would go on to score in each of the final five innings, tacking on a run in the top of the seventh on an Anderson single that drove in pinch-runner Adam Benes.

Goble, who struck out four and walked three, left with one out and two on in the bottom of the seventh. A bases-clearing, three-run double by Drew Stahl pulled Oral Roberts to within 9-5 and the Golden Eagles made it a 10-7 game in the eighth before reliever Dylan Driessen slammed the door by striking out Herring with the bases loaded.

Stuff drove in two more runs for the Jackrabbits in the late innings as Frost slid around a tag at the plate on a fielders choice in the eighth, then delivered his second sacrifice fly of the game after a bases-loaded walk to Parry in the ninth.

Arlen Peters closed out the Jackrabbit victory by tossing a scoreless bottom of the ninth.

ORU held a 12-10 advantage in hits as five different players notched two hits. Anderson, Sintek and Luskey each tallied two hits for the Jackrabbits.

Golden Eagle starter Brooks Fowler lasted only three innings, but did not factor in the decision after walking three and striking out two. Ryan Carmack was assessed the loss after giving up five runs (four earned). ORU pitchers managed only two strikeouts on the day while issuing nine free passes.

UP NEXT
The finale of the three-game series is set for 1 p.m. Sunday.

NOTES

ORU leads the all-time series, 74-22
The Jackrabbits also claimed series wins at Oral Roberts in 2015 and 2019
SDSU reached double figures in runs for the fourth time this season and
Frost's 17-game hitting streak is tied with Luke Ringhofer (2015) and Matt Johnson (2017) for the fourth-longest in the Division I era (since 2005) of SDSU baseball
Frost has hit safely in 18 of 19 games this season and has an RBI in 13 contests
Driessen made his second appearance of the series and team-leading 11th of the season
Peters made his second consecutive relief appearance after starting four games to begin the year

-GoJacks.com-