The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 7 – Central Arkansas 5
Records: ORU (11-5), Central Arkansas (5-10)
Location: Conway, Ark. (Bear Stadium)
Win: Jakob Hall (1-0) | Loss: Cade Fenton (0-1) | Save: Cade Denton (2)
 
CONWAY, Ark. – The Oral Roberts baseball team registered their second consecutive win Tuesday evening, defeating Central Arkansas 7-5 at Bear Stadium in Conway, Arkansas.
 
Brooks Fowler made his first collegiate start for the Golden Eagles, tossing four innings of one-run baseball to go along with four strikeouts. Jakob Hall collected the win, his first as a Golden Eagle, after working 2.1 innings and striking out four. Cade Denton closed the door in the ninth for his team-best second save of the year.
 
Justin Quinn led off the contest with a walk and later came around to score on an RBI groundout by Mac McCroskey to put ORU on top in the first, 1-0.
 
Holden Breeze added to the Golden Eagle lead in the third as the redshirt sophomore plated Quinn on an RBI single through the left side. The Bears got a run back in the bottom half of the frame to cut the ORU lead to 2-1.
 
The Golden Eagles scored two runs apiece in the fourth and fifth innings to push their lead to 6-1. Quinn and Dustin Demeter plated runs in the fourth on an RBI groundout and bases-loaded walk, respectively. In the fifth, Alec Jones tripled off the right-field wall, driving home Jake McMurray and Jackson Loftin.
 
After the Bears scored a run in the fifth, Central Arkansas hung a three-spot in the seventh to trim the ORU lead to one, 6-5.
 
Joshua Cox dropped 1-1 pitch down the left-field line for an RBI double in the eighth, making the final score 7-5.
 
Inside the Box Score
- All nine Golden Eagles in the lineup reached base safely in the win.
- Denny was the lone ORU player to record a multi-hit performance, finishing the night 2-for-4.
- Six different Golden Eagles plated a run, led by Jones' two.
- Breeze ran his hitting streak to 11 games, while McMurray ran his to eight in the win.
- Quinn has now reached base safely in 14 consecutive games.
- The ORU offense totaled nine walks in the victory.
- Fowler struck out a career-high four batters over a career-best four innings of work.
- Hall registered a career-best four strikeouts in the win.
- Denton tossed a scoreless inning in the ninth, striking out one.

Notes
- Tuesday's contest marked the 15^th meeting all-time between the Golden Eagles and Bears.
- With the win, ORU is now 11-4 all-time against the Bears, including a 3-2 mark in Conway, Ark.
- Head Coach Ryan Folmar improved to 7-4 all-time against the Bears.
- The two squads will meet one more time this season for a midweek contest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 10.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles wrap up their six-game road swing with a contest against Little Rock tomorrow at 3 p.m.

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