The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 4 – Wichita State 6
Records: ORU (9-3), Wichita State (6-7)
Location: Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium)
Win: LJ McDonough (2-1) | Loss: Andrew Roach (0-1) | Save: Connor Holden (4)
 
WICHITA, Kan. – The Oral Roberts baseball team saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday afternoon as they fell on the road to Wichita State, 6-4, in midweek action.

The Shockers plated four runs on five hits in the second inning to take the early lead, which they never relinquished.

Alec Jones got a run back for the Golden Eagles in the fourth as the redshirt sophomore drove home Caleb Denny on an RBI single to right.

A solo home run in the fifth and an RBI single in the sixth extended the Wichita State advantage to 6-1.

ORU scratched across three runs in the seventh to trim the deficit to two, 6-4. Following a Mac McCroskey hit by pitch and a Dustin Demeter single, Jake McMurray ripped an RBI double down the left-field line to score McCroskey. Denny plated Demeter with a sacrifice fly and Holden Breeze brought around McMurray on an RBI double down the left-field line.

In the ninth, McCroskey led off the inning with a double to bring the tying run to the plate but that was all the ORU offense could muster. Back-to-back-to-back strikeouts ended the contest as the Shockers went on to win 6-4.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Breeze was the lone Golden Eagle to record a multi-hit game, finishing 2-for-3.
- The multi-hit performance was Breeze's sixth of the year.
- McCroskey extended his hitting streak to 12 games.
- Eight of the nine batters in the lineup reached base safely.
- Andrew Roach suffered his first loss of the season, giving up four runs in four innings of work.
- Cade Denton tossed 1.2 scoreless innings and struck out three.
- Kaleb McCullough pitched a scoreless eighth with one strikeout.

Notes
- This was the 70th meeting all-time between the two programs and the second this season.
- Tuesday's contest marked the final regular-season meeting between the two programs in 2022 as they split the season series 1-1.
- Wichita State now holds a 38-32 edge in the series and is 24-26 against ORU in Wichita, Kansas.
- Head Coach Ryan Folmar is now 5-12 all-time against the Shockers.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles continue their six-game road trip with a three-game set at No. 2 Ole Miss March 11-13 in Oxford, Mississippi. Friday's series opener is set for 6:30 p.m.

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