TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts University baseball team opened Summit League play on Friday night with a 19-0 blanking of IPFW at J.L. Johnson Stadium. The Golden Eagles improved to 9-8 overall, while the Mastodons dropped to 7-15 on the season.

The Golden Eagles scored three runs in the bottom of the second on four walks, two hit batters and one error.

ORU added five more runs in the following inning, as PJ Sequeira (Petaluma, Calif.) led off with a single to left field. Kyle Price drove a one-out single to left field and Danny Duffy (Glendale, Ariz.) followed with his first career home run to left center to push the lead to 6-0.

Robert Barbosa (Dallas, Texas) hit a single up the middle in the next at-bat and Juan Martinez reached first after being hit before Seth Furmanek (Gilbert, Ariz.) doubled to left center to score two.

Two innings later the Golden Eagles plated seven runs to put the contest out of reach. With the bases loaded and two outs, Johnny Roberts (Pryor, Okla.) singled through the right side to score two.

After two more errors loaded the bases again, Barbosa drove a double to left center for three RBI to increase the margin to 13-0.

The Golden Eagles rounded out the scoring in the bottom of the eighth, as Brett Burch (Midland, Mich.) homered to left field for his first hit as a Golden Eagle. With two outs, Price belted a two-run shot for his first long ball of the season.

Andre Lamontagne (1-2) picked up his first win of the season after limiting the Mastodons to only two hits in seven innings with a career-high 13 strikeouts.

Ben Grover (Santa Maria, Calif.) and Bryce Smolen (Houston, Texas) pitched two scoreless innings of relief to close out the game. Grover struck out two batters, while Smolen also added a punch out.

Barbosa, Furmanek and Garewal all tallied three RBI for the Golden Eagles, while Duffy, Price and Roberts each drove in two runs.

ORU returns to action for a doubleheader against IPFW beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

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