TULSA�€"Scott Modeste's (Sacramento, Calif.)
eighth-inning pinch-hit single scored Ryan Welborn (Yukon, Okla.)
with the game winning run as Oral Roberts University rallied for an
8-7 win over Creighton, Saturday at J.L. Johnson Stadium.
Dennis Bigley
(Lancaster, Texas) led off the eighth with a single and after
advancing to second on a wild pitch, was lifted for pinch-runner
Welborn, who came around to score two batters later.
The Golden Eagles (8-3)
appeared to be in control early on after a 5-run first inning off
CU starter Eric Wordekemper. Brian Hanson (Kelseyville, Calif.),
Ricky Rivera (Santa Isabel, P.R.) and Bigley each had RBI singles,
with Rivera's being a 2-run hit. ORU's other run scored on an
error.
ORU made it 6-0 in the
second when Hanson and Grant Plumley (Lake Forest, Calif.) pulled
off a double steal of second and home.
But the Bluejays (3-5)
battled back against ORU starter Adam Lesko (Las Vegas, Nev.),
plating two run in the third when Zach Daeges singled home a pair
of runs, cutting ORU's lead to 6-2. Creighton chased Lesko with
three runs in the fifth and eventually tied the game on an RBI
groundout in the top of the eighth.
Reliever Dane Towery
(Mustang, Okla.) picked up the win, allowing one run on two hits in
two innings.
Hanson and Plumley led
ORU at the plate. Hanson was 3-fir-5 with two runs and an RBI, and
Plumely finished 2-for-3 with an RBI. Bigley also had two hits for
ORU.
The Golden Eagles and
Bluejays conclude their three-game series at 1 p.m., Sunday.
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