The Basics
Games 46-49
Oral Roberts (26-19, 17-5 Summit) at South Dakota State (12-28, 7-17 Summit)
Dates: May 20-22, 2021 | ORU Sports Network | Live Stats
Location: Brookings, South Dakota (Erv Huether Field)

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Oral Roberts baseball team will close their regular season with a four-game series in Brookings, South Dakota against the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State.
 
The Golden Eagles look to pick up where they left off with South Dakota State earlier this season, outscoring the Jackrabbits 30-6 in a four-game sweep. The series will get underway on Thursday with a doubleheader beginning at noon. Friday and Saturday will feature single games with the action beginning at 1 pm both days.
 
With last weekend's sweep over Omaha, the Golden Eagles secured their 19^th Summit League regular season championship since 1999. ORU will be the top-seed in the Summit League tournament this season and will host the 2022 tournament at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa.

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Summit League Notes: Week 14

About the Opponent

• South Dakota State enters the weekend in a battle with Western Illinois for the final spot in the Summit League tournament.
• South Dakota State needs to win at least as many games as Western Illinois this weekend to avoid missing the postseason.
• Last weekend, the Jackrabbits took one of three games from North Dakota State with a 5-0 win in Friday's nightcap.
• Offensively, SDSU is led by Derek Hackman, who is hitting .319 on the season and .343 in Summit League play. Hackman's .319 average is the fourth-best mark in the conference. Hackman is also third in slugging percentage (.552) and second in on-base percentage (.435)

 
Quick Hits       

• The Golden Eagles punched their ticket to be the top-seed in the Summit League tournament last Sunday. North Dakota State will be the second seed, while Omaha will be the three-seed. South Dakota State and Western Illinois will duke it out for the final spot in the tournament this weekend.
• Oral Roberts closed their home slate with a 13-11 record, winning 11 of their last 14 games at home.
• In 14 of their last 17 games, ORU pitchers have allowed two earned runs or less.
• The Golden Eagles are 9-1 over their last ten games.
• ORU pitchers have the three lowest batting averages against in the Summit League during conference play – Matt Gaskins (.191), Isaac Coffey (.194), and Tanner Rogen (.205).
• Gaskins (1.08) and Coffey (1.38) are also first and second in earned run average in conference play.
• ORU currently leads the Summit League in batting average (.286), slugging percentage (.422), doubles (83),  triples (9), home runs (36), and runs batted in (285).
• On the mound, Oral Roberts leads the conference in ERA (4.41), batting average against (.247), and fewest runs allowed (232).
• ORU will look to pick up their seventh consecutive series win.

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