The Basics (Game One)
Score: Oral Roberts 2 – No. 2 Ole Miss 6
Records: ORU (9-5), No. 2 Ole Miss (13-1)
Location: Oxford, Miss. (Swayze Field)
Win: Derek Diamond (3-0) | Loss: Ledgend Smith (2-1) | Save: Brandon Johnson (2)
 
OXFORD, Miss. – The Oral Roberts baseball team dropped their third straight contest in the first half of Sunday's doubleheader at No. 2 Ole Miss, 6-2, in Oxford, Mississippi.
 
Both Sunday contests were slated for seven innings.
 
Trailing 4-2 in the sixth, the Golden Eagles loaded the bases with two outs but were unable to scratch across any runs in the frame. Ole Miss capitalized in the bottom half of the inning with a two-run homer to right-center to turn the momentum in the game and put the Rebels up 6-2.
 
A three-run second inning gave Ole Miss the early lead and Tim Elko tacked on another in the third with a solo home run to center to push the Rebels lead to 4-0.
 
In the fifth, Jackson Loftin got the Golden Eagles back into the game with an RBI double to left field. The redshirt junior later came around to cross the plate on a Mac McCroskey RBI fielder's choice to cut the deficit to 4-2.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Six different Golden Eagles recorded a hit in the loss.
- Justin Quinn swiped his second base of the season in the second.
- Loftin collected his fourth double of the year.
- Breeze extended his hitting streak to nine games.
- Brooks Fowler tossed 0.2 scoreless innings in relief with a strikeout.
 
The Basics (Game Two)
Score: Oral Roberts 8 – No. 2 Ole Miss 4
Records: ORU (10-5), No. 2 Ole Miss (14-1)
Location: Oxford, Miss. (Swayze Field)
Win: AJ Archambo (3-0) | Loss: Hunter Elliott (1-2)
 
OXFORD, Miss. – Alec Jones delivered the go-ahead home run and the Oral Roberts baseball team picked up their first win over a Top-2 ranked team in program history in Sunday's series finale, defeating No. 2 Ole Miss, 8-4.

The win was the first by a visiting team in Oxford, Mississippi, this season as the Rebels were previously 11-0. The Golden Eagles also snapped their three-game skid with the victory.

After Ole Miss put up a four-spot in the third to even the score, 4-4, Jones took a pitch the opposite way to right-center in the fourth to put the Golden Eagles back in front for good, 5-4.
 
AJ Archambo improved to 3-0 on the year after striking out six over five innings of work. Cade Denton and Evan Kowalski each tossed scoreless frames in the sixth and seventh, respectively, to close out the win.
For the first time all series, the Golden Eagles offense struck first with four runs in the top of the third to take the lead. Caleb Denny beat out a throw to first to score Mac McCroskey on an RBI fielder's choice and Jackson Loftin followed with a three-run blast to left field to make it 4-0.
 
A two-run double by McCroskey in the sixth followed by an RBI double from Dustin Demeter made the final 8-4 in favor of the Golden Eagles.

Inside the Box Score
- Demeter reached on all four plate appearances, finishing the day 3-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch.
- McCroskey joined Demeter as the only other Golden Eagle to finish with a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs.
- The redshirt junior also logged his seventh double of the season.
- Loftin launched his Summit League-best fourth homer of the season and drove in a game-best three runs.
- Jones' big fly was his second of the season.
- Archambo improved to 3-0 on the season, striking out six over five innings of work.
- The four runs by Ole Miss was their second-lowest total of the season.

Notes
- The victory marked the first win in program history over a Top-2 team for the Golden Eagles.
- With the win in game two, ORU handed the Rebels their first home loss of the season after they started the year 11-0.
- The three-game set between the Golden Eagles and Rebels marked the first meeting between the two squads since 1982.
- With the win in the series finale, ORU is 3-4 all-time against the Rebels.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles continue their six-game road trip with a midweek contest at Central Arkansas Tuesday evening in Conway, Arkansas. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m.

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