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ORU Comes Up Short Against Baylor, 4-0

WACO, Texas �€" The Oral Roberts University baseball team was shut out for the first time this season in a 4-0 loss to Baylor University on Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark in Waco, Texas. After taking a 9-3 decision from the Bears (5-2) on Friday night, the Golden Eagles (4-2) dropped the final two games of the series.


Baylor starter Cory VanAllen (2-0) was in complete control from the start, as he threw eight shut out innings. VanAllen gave up only four hits while striking out eight and walking two.


After five scoreless inning on both sides, Baylor finally got to ORU's Nick Jones (1-1) (Broken Arrow, Okla.) in the bottom of the sixth. A pair of singles sandwiched around a sacrifice bunt put runners on the corners, setting up a one-out double by Kyle Reynolds that put the Bears ahead 2-0.


Dane Towery (Mustang, Okla.) then relieved Jones and struck out the next two batters, ending any further scoring threat.


The home team would add to their lead in the eighth, again thanks to the bat of Reynolds. With one on and two out, the Baylor first baseman took Towery's first pitch over the wall in right center field, providing the final score of 4-0.


Reynolds was three-for-four on the day, driving in all four Bear runs.


First baseman Rene Recio (Corpus Christi, Texas) accounted for two of the four Golden Eagle hits, ripping a single in the first and adding a double in the fourth.


Shortstop Michael Hollimon (Dallas, Texas) had a single in the third and third baseman Jon Tackett (Tulsa, Okla.) added another single in the seventh.


ORU will next travel to Mobile, Alabama, for a weekend series with South Alabama. Game one of the three game series will take place Friday night beginning at 6:00 p.m.


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Players Mentioned

Michael Hollimon

#14 Michael Hollimon

INF
6' 1"
Senior
Jesuit Prep
Nick Jones

#17 Nick Jones

RHP
6' 4"
Junior
Union HS
Rene Recio

#32 Rene Recio

RHP
6' 3"
Senior
Moody HS
Jon Tackett

#8 Jon Tackett

INF
6' 1"
Senior
Dane Towery

#27 Dane Towery

RHP
6' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Michael Hollimon

#14 Michael Hollimon

6' 1"
Senior
Jesuit Prep
INF
Nick Jones

#17 Nick Jones

6' 4"
Junior
Union HS
RHP
Rene Recio

#32 Rene Recio

6' 3"
Senior
Moody HS
RHP
Jon Tackett

#8 Jon Tackett

6' 1"
Senior
INF
Dane Towery

#27 Dane Towery

6' 4"
Senior
RHP
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