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Photo by: SDSU Athletics
JACKRABBITS FALL AGAIN AT ORU
3/15/2026 5:18:00 PM | Baseball
TULSA, Okla. — Oral Roberts scored multiple runs in each of its last three innings of batting and finished off a sweep of a three-game Summit League baseball series against South Dakota State with a 12-2, eight-inning victory Sunday afternoon at Chapman Park.
The Golden Eagles improved to 10-9 overall and 3-0 in league play. SDSU dropped to 5-14 overall and 0-3 in The Summit League.
SDSU held one-run leads after solo home runs by Keagen Jirschele in the second inning and Dayton Franke in the top of the sixth before ORU took control with three runs in the home half of the sixth to grab a 4-2 lead. Cooper Kelly started the outburst with a one-out single off Jackrabbit starter Sam Novotny and scored on a triple to left-center field by Wailele Kane-Yates. Tyler Brodrick then delivered Kane-Yates with the go-ahead run with a single. The final run of the inning scored on an RBI groundout.
The Golden Eagles scored four more runs in both the seventh and eighth innings to put the 10-run rule into effect. Combs and Kane-Yates each plated runs with doubles and Brodrick added a run-scoring single in the seventh, while Martell Davis and Kole Dudding notched run-scoring singles before Keaton Campbell, who accounted for the first ORU run of the game with a solo home run in the fifth inning, ended the game with a run-scoring single.
ORU finished with a 15-7 advantage in hits, with 12 of those hits coming in the sixth through eighth innings. Brodrick was 3-for-3 with three RBIs, including a sacrifice fly, to pace the Golden Eagles, with Davis and Campbell also tallying three hits.
Nic Werk was the lone Jackrabbit with more than one hit as he ended the afternoon 2-for-4 with a double.
Novotny kept ORU off balance until running into trouble in the sixth. He allowed four runs on six hits and walked two over 5 1/3 innings in taking the loss. Five other Jackrabbits pitched out of the bullpen.
ORU reliever Weston Rouse picked up the win after a three-inning outing in which he gave up one run on two hits with five strikeouts and a pair of walks. Golden Eagle starter Conner Johnson pitched the first four innings, allowing the first run while striking out four and walking two.
ON DECK
The Jackrabbits remain in the Sooner State to play a two-game mid-week series at Oklahoma State. The series opener is slated for a 6 p.m. first pitch Tuesday at O'Brate Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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The Golden Eagles improved to 10-9 overall and 3-0 in league play. SDSU dropped to 5-14 overall and 0-3 in The Summit League.
SDSU held one-run leads after solo home runs by Keagen Jirschele in the second inning and Dayton Franke in the top of the sixth before ORU took control with three runs in the home half of the sixth to grab a 4-2 lead. Cooper Kelly started the outburst with a one-out single off Jackrabbit starter Sam Novotny and scored on a triple to left-center field by Wailele Kane-Yates. Tyler Brodrick then delivered Kane-Yates with the go-ahead run with a single. The final run of the inning scored on an RBI groundout.
The Golden Eagles scored four more runs in both the seventh and eighth innings to put the 10-run rule into effect. Combs and Kane-Yates each plated runs with doubles and Brodrick added a run-scoring single in the seventh, while Martell Davis and Kole Dudding notched run-scoring singles before Keaton Campbell, who accounted for the first ORU run of the game with a solo home run in the fifth inning, ended the game with a run-scoring single.
ORU finished with a 15-7 advantage in hits, with 12 of those hits coming in the sixth through eighth innings. Brodrick was 3-for-3 with three RBIs, including a sacrifice fly, to pace the Golden Eagles, with Davis and Campbell also tallying three hits.
Nic Werk was the lone Jackrabbit with more than one hit as he ended the afternoon 2-for-4 with a double.
Novotny kept ORU off balance until running into trouble in the sixth. He allowed four runs on six hits and walked two over 5 1/3 innings in taking the loss. Five other Jackrabbits pitched out of the bullpen.
ORU reliever Weston Rouse picked up the win after a three-inning outing in which he gave up one run on two hits with five strikeouts and a pair of walks. Golden Eagle starter Conner Johnson pitched the first four innings, allowing the first run while striking out four and walking two.
ON DECK
The Jackrabbits remain in the Sooner State to play a two-game mid-week series at Oklahoma State. The series opener is slated for a 6 p.m. first pitch Tuesday at O'Brate Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
NOTES
- ORU has won the last 12 meetings and leads the all-time series, 86-23
- The Jackrabbits have scored a total of 12 runs during their current six-game losing streak
- SDSU hit multiple home runs in a game for the third time this season and first time since Feb. 18 at Incarnate Word
- Two of Jirschele's three career home runs have come against Oral Roberts
- Franke's home run was his team-leading third of the season and the fourth of his career versus ORU
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Weston Rouse (1-0)
L: Novotny, Sam (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Wachter, Nate 1 ; Werk, Nic 1
HR: Jirschele, Keagen 1 ; Franke, Dayton 1
RBI: Jirschele, Keagen 1 ; Franke, Dayton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jirschele, Keagen 1 ; Franke, Dayton 1
Batting:
2B: Cooper Combs 1 ; Wailele Kane-Yates 1 ; Tyler Brodrick 1
3B: Wailele Kane-Yates 1
HR: Keaton Campbell 1
RBI: Cooper Combs 1 ; Wailele Kane-Yates 2 ; Tyler Brodrick 3 ; Martell Davis 1 ; Nate Nichols 2 ; Kole Dudding 1 ; Keaton Campbell 2
SF: Tyler Brodrick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Makani Tanaka 1 ; Cooper Combs 2 ; Cooper Kelly 1 ; Ethan Fender 1 ; Wailele Kane-Yates 3 ; Tyler Brodrick 2 ; Martell Davis 1 ; Keaton Campbell 1
HBP: Makani Tanaka 1 ; Cooper Combs 1 ; Ethan Fender 1 ; Wailele Kane-Yates 1
Game Leaders
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4
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4
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H
1
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AB
3
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RBI
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