WACO,
Texas �€" Baylor�€™s Chase Gerdes
singled down the right field line scoring the winning run to defeat
Oral Roberts University in the bottom of the 10th, 3-2,
at Baylor Ballpark on Friday night.
Chad Rothford (Fresno, Calif.) put the Golden
Eagles (2-4) on the board in the top of the first inning, singling
through the right side of the infield scoring Brendan
Duffy (Glendale, Ariz.) from second base.
Baylor
(6-3) countered in the second to tie the game, 1-1. Beamer Weems
singled to center and then advanced all the way to third after a
throwing error by ORU�€™s starter Chris
Ashman (Hemet, Calif.). Weems later scored on a sacrifice
fly by Gerdes.
The
game would stay that way until Rothford connected on a home run
over the right field fence off of BU�€™s starter
Randall Linebaugh in the top of the sixth. Linebaugh went seven
innings allowing two earned runs for the Bears.
ORU�€™s lead would not last long though as
Baylor�€™s Tim Jackson homered to left center
with two outs in the bottom half of the sixth.
Ashman
had a solid night for the Golden Eagles, scattering six hits and
allowing one earned run in 5.2 innings of work.
Chance Chapman (Paso Robles, Calif.) relieved
Ashman and pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless relief.
The
Bears loaded the bases in the bottom of the 10th off of
ORU�€™s reliever Erik Crichton
(Seal Beach, Calif.) and then scored the game-winner with the
single by Gerdes.
The
Golden Eagles dropped their first extra inning game of the
season.
ORU and
Baylor continue their series tomorrow at 2 p.m., at Baylor
Ballpark.
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