Box Score | Season Stats

The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 7 – Baylor 3
Records: ORU (3-2, 0-0 SL) – BU (3-2, 0-0 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas (Baylor Ballpark)

WACO, Texas – Scoring four runs in the sixth inning sealed the deal as the Oral Roberts baseball team secured game one with a 7-3 win at Baylor Friday evening in Waco, Texas.

ORU had no problem reaching base early in the game, but couldn't score. After trailing early in the bottom of the second, 1-0, by a Baylor solo homer, the Golden Eagles responded with two runs in the top of the third. Adam Oviedo hit a single to center to allow Ryan Cash and Blake Hall to score and take a 2-1 lead.

Baylor answered in the bottom of the fifth with a stand-up double to tie the game, 2-2. In the sixth, Anthony Martinez laid down a bunt to advance Riley Keizor to third. Martinez was able to reach first on an error by the pitcher, which allowed Keizor to score. Caleb Denny came up and hit a RBI single to score Martinez for a 4-2 lead. Jordan Wiley followed with a 2-RBI double down the right field line to score Cash and Denny. The four run sixth inning gave the Golden Eagles a 6-2 lead. 

Hunter Swift hit a RBI Triple in the top of the seventh to score Martinez and give ORU a 7-2 lead. Swift's triple was ORU's first triple of the season. Baylor made it a 7-3 game on a sacrifice-fly in the bottom of the eighth.

Turning Point

The Golden Eagles entered the sixth inning tied, 2-2 with Baylor. The Golden Eagles scored four runs in the top of the frame. Two of the runs for ORU were unearned.

Inside the Box Score

- Ryan Cash scored two runs for the Golden Eagles and batted .500 in the game with two walks.

- Anthony Martinez captured two runs and went 2-for-3 at the plate.

- Hunter Swift hit the team's first triple of the season. Swift reached base three times in the game, two on errors by Baylor.

- AJ Archambo finished the game with six innings pitched and 90 pitches along with two runs, all earned and three strikeouts.

- As a team, the Golden Eagles hit .235 in the game. All Golden Eagles in tonight's starting lineup reached base.

Up Next

ORU will play game two of the three game series against the Baylor Bears Saturday, February 22 at 2 p.m. at Baylor Ballpark in Waco, Texas.

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