TULSA, Okla. �€" David Genao (Newark, N.J.) hit a game-winning two-run home run in the eighth inning as Oral Roberts University rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Centenary, 3-2, on Senior Day at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

ORU won its ninth straight decision, improving to 33-15 overall and 15-1 in Mid-Continent Conference action. Centenary fell to 23-28 overall and 6-10 in league play.

Starter Chris Ashman (Hemet, Calif.) kept the Golden Eagles in the ball game with a solid pitching effort. Ashman only allowed a two-run home run by CC�€™s Matt Webb in the fifth inning in 6.0 innings of work.

The senior forced the Gents to ground into five double plays, tying the ORU record of five on May 1, 1988 against Missouri.

With ORU trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Genao hit his first home run of the year. The inning started with Brian Van Kirk (Southwest Ranches, Fla.) reaching base on an error by CC�€™s Garrett Derooy. After a fly out by Carter McQuigg (Miami, Okla.), Genao blasted a home run off CC�€™s Dakota Robinson (2-4) over the left field wall on a 1-2 count.

Erik Crichton (Seal Beach, Calif.) worked the final 1.2 innings without surrendering a run to get credit for the win, improving his record to 3-4.

ORU took an early 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Brendan Duffy (Glendale, Ariz.). Duffy�€™s single plated McQuigg, who started the inning with a single. The Golden Eagles tried to push across one more run in the second but Adam Younger (Cape Coral, Fla.) was tagged out at home after a single by Jake Kahaulelio (Windsor, Calif.).

Webb put the Gents ahead in the fifth with a two-run home run, scoring Justin Darr for the 2-1 lead.

Marcus Tackett (Tulsa, Okla.) relieved Ashman for the seventh striking out two Gents while not allowing a base runner in 1.1 innings of action.

Duffy and Kahaulelio each finished the day 2-for-4 as ORU pounded out eight total hits.

ORU travels to Macomb, Ill. to play their final regular season series, starting on Thursday at 12 p.m.

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