Box Score | Season Stats
The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 1 – No. 21 DBU 3
Records: ORU (5-9, 0-0 SL) – DBU (10-4, 0-0 MVC)
Location: Dallas, Texas (Horner Ballpark)
DALLAS, Texas – Caleb Denny hit a solo home run giving the Oral Roberts baseball team an early lead, but No. 21 DBU came back to score the final three runs in a 3-1 setback Saturday at Horner Ballpark.
The redshirt freshman put the Golden Eagles on the board in the top of the second lifting a solo shot to left field for the first home run of his collegiate career. Anthony Martinez pulled a double to left and Ryan Cash drew a walk putting runners on the corners before the Patriots ended the threat with ORU in front, 1-0.
James Notary kept the DBU offense at bay facing one over the minimum until the home side hit a solo homer to even the score, 1-1, with two outs in the bottom of the fourth. ORU had a chance to break the tie in the sixth as Riley Keizor and Isaac Coffey each hit one-out singles and moved into scoring position on a passed ball. The Patriots bullpen stopped the visitors opportunity to keep the game deadlocked.
In the seventh, Jordan Wiley doubled down the line in right putting two runners in scoring position before DBU came up with a strikeout to hold off the threat. The Patriots flipped the momentum opening the bottom half of the frame on a single and double and took the lead on a sacrifice fly. DBU added a bases-loaded walk to push the margin to 3-1.
ORU had chances in the final frames sending the potential tying run to the plate in the eighth and ninth only to have the Patriots close out the game.
The Golden Eagles more than doubled the hit total of DBU, 11-5, but left 12 runners on base, including nine in scoring position throughout the contest.
Turning Point
After the Golden Eagles put a pair of runners in scoring position in the top of the seventh, the DBU defense held through getting the final out of the frame. The Patriots turned the defense into offense and capitalized on a single and double to open the seventh before scoring on a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk for a two-run cushion.
Inside the Box Score
- Denny sent his first collegiate home run to the opposite field in the second inning and added a single in the fourth recording a 2-for-4 day at the plate.
- Coffey put together his first multi-hit game of the 2020 season going 2-for-4 on the day hitting singles in back-to-back at bats in the fourth and sixth innings.
- Cash tallied another multi-hit game finishing 2-for-4 and drew ORU's only walk of the day to reach base three times. The redshirt junior also stole a base in the seventh.
- Wiley and Martinez joined Denny in posting an extra-base hit as the pair registered doubles.
- Notary pitched another great outing allowing three runs on five hits over 6.2 innings on the road, while totaling 10 strikeouts, the most by an ORU pitcher this season. Colten Weber retired four of the five batters he faced in 1.1 innings issuing just one walk.
- ORU had base runners in seven of the nine innings played tallying at least one hit in six different frames.
Up Next
The Golden Eagles play the third and final game of the weekend set against the Patriots in a Sunday matinee. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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