WACO,
Texas �€" Michael Jarman (Stigler,
Okla.) fanned 14 Baylor batters as Oral Roberts University defeated
Baylor, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark. With the win,
ORU snaps their five game losing streak.
ORU
(3-5) gave Jarman an early lead with two runs in the top of the
second inning. Brian Van Kirk (Southwest Ranches,
Fla.) and Jake Kahaulelio (Windsor, Calif.) led
off with singles. After Stephen Pearson (Petaluma,
Calif.) struck out, Tyler Warmerdam (Lodi, Calif.)
singled to right center scoring Van Kirk and advancing Kahaulelio
to third base. Catcher David Genao (Newark, N.J.)
plated Kahaulelio with a sacrifice fly to left field.
The
Bears (7-4) loaded the bases in the bottom half of the second and
cut ORU�€™s lead in half, 2-1, when Drew Bias
walked to score Aaron Miller.
For the
next six innings, Baylor could not get their bats going against
Jarman. Jarman only allowed five base runners and had a stretch
where the lefthander struck out seven of 10 batters.
The
Golden Eagles stretched their lead to 3-1 in the top of the fourth
when Pat Warfle (Melbourne, Fla.) singled through
the left side to score Warmerdam.
In the
ninth inning, ORU tacked on another run. Warfle was hit by a pitch
by Baylor�€™s Nick Cassavechia and then stole
second. Warfle scored ORU�€™s fourth run of the
day when Brendan Duffy (Glendale, Ariz.) singled
to center.
Baylor
scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to make it a 4-2 ballgame,
but could not get any closer as Chance Chapman
(Paso Robles, Calif.) and Erik Crichton (Seal
Beach, Calif.) closed the game for the Golden Eagles in the ninth.
Crichton earned his first save of the year.
Jarman
improved to 1-1 after allowing one run on four hits in 8.0 innings
of work. The junior broke a Baylor Ballpark record of 14
strikeouts. The previous record of 12 was held by Baylor's Steven
White (2003), Baylor's Mark McCormick (2005), and Nebraska's Joba
Chamberlain (2006).
ORU
returns to action this Tuesday against 2006 Big 12 Tournamant
Champion Kansas at J.L. Johnson Stadium. First pitch is set for
3:00 p.m.
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