Box Score
TULSA, Okla. -- Bruce Kennedy singled home a
pair of runs in the top of the 11th inning, sending Texas-Pan
American to an 8-7 win over Oral Roberts, Friday at J.L. Johnson
Stadium.
UTPA's runs came after first baseman Andy Hargrove committed a
two-out error.
Grant Plumley homered for ORU (15-14) leading off the bottom of
the 11th -- the fifth solo home run of the night for the Golden
Eagles -- and David Castillo followed with a walk, but Dennis
Bigley grounded into a double play and Nate Griffin flied out to
center to end the game as UTPA (18-20) won on the road for the
first time this season.
ORU jumped on Broncs starter Travis Parker for a pair of runs in
the first, and Golden Eagle starter Sean Sorrow retired the game's
first nine batters before UTPA took a 3-2 lead in the fourth. A
pair of runs scored on Aldo Alonzo's two run double.
The Broncs stretched the lead to 4-2 in the fourth as Marco
Garza's RBI triple chased Sorrow from the game. UTPA made it 5-2 in
the sixth before ORU began its solo home run barrage.
Campbell's home run with one out in the sixth trimmed the lead
to 5-3 and David Castillo hit his team-leading 10th of the season
in the seventh to make it 5-4. Hargrove and Kevin Lamb then hit
back-to-back solo homers in the eighth for a 6-5 lead. But ORU
closer Dallas Martin (2-4) allowed the tying run to score in the
ninth after issuing a lead-off walk to T.J. Gilmer. Louie Alamia
tied the game with a single, one of his five hits in the game.
ORU had a chance to win the game in the 10th, loading the bases
with one out. But Lamb struck out swinging and Ryan Welborn flied
out to left to end the threat.
Campbell went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI for ORU,
and Lamb finished 2-for-5. Hargrove and Matt VanDerBosch each went
2-for-4.
Johnny Gibson (6-4) picked up the win for UTPA with three
innings of three-hit relief.
The Golden Eagles and Broncs resume their three-game series
Saturday at 2 p.m.
