Box Score
Fullerton, Calif.- A late inning rally
by the Golden Eagles came up short, as Oral Roberts fell to No.11
Cal State Fullerton 5-3 in game two of a three game series at
Goodwin Field.
The Golden Eagles (9-12) are now 0-5
all-time against Cal State Fullerton (14-7). The last victory
against a ranked opponent for the Golden Eagles came against No.10
TCU on June 5, 2011 in the Fort Worth Regional.
Mike
Torrence (1-4) was given the loss after pitching 5.2 innings,
allowing three earned runs off six hits with six strikeouts.
Kenny Matthews (3-0) earned the win for
CSF after throwing 5.2 innings and striking out 11 Golden Eagles.
All-American Michael Lorenzen earned his eighth save of the season
and contributed three hits with an RBI and stolen base from the
plate.
Kevin
Cho and Jose
Trevino were both 2-4 with an RBI and a walk for ORU.
ORU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in
the first inning when Kevin
Cho drove in his sixth run of the year with an RBI single that
plated Brandon
King. The Golden Eagles threatened to score more, but could not
take advantage after loading the bases, and the Titans struck out
the side to end the ORU threat.
CSF tied the game in the third inning
with a sacrifice bunt by Anthony Trajano scoring Carlos Lopez, then
took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning with an RBI single by
Lorenzen.
Cal State Fullerton added another run in
the sixth inning with a two out single by Casey Watkins that
brought Ivory Thomas in to score, then pushed the lead to 5-1 in
the seventh inning after an RBI single by Matt Chapman and a wild
pitch by Dan Martony allowed Greg Valasquez to score.
The Golden Eagles answered back in the
top of the eighth when Jose
Trevino represented the tying run as he came to the plate with
the bases loaded and one out. Trevino slapped a single into left
field driving in Brandon
Healy to cut the CSF lead to 5-2. Jared
Schlehuber hit into a fielders choice in the next at-bat, and
Tyler
Coker scored to make it 5-3. But the ORU threat was broken
after Bennett
Pickar struck out to swinging to end the inning.
The Golden Eagles had one more chance to
tie the game in the ninth inning, but Tyler
Coker struck out swinging with Nate
Goro on third base to end the game.
ORU finishes the series with Cal State
Fullerton on Saturday at 8 p.m. Before traveling to Norman,
Oklahoma to take on No.17 Oklahoma.
