The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 2 – Omaha 0
Records: ORU (32-16, 14-6), Omaha (23-25, 12-8)
Location: Omaha, Neb. (Tal Anderson Field)
Win: Cade Denton (4-0) | Loss: Joey Machado (4-5)
 
OMAHA, Neb. – Ledgend Smith and Cade Denton combined for 11 shutout innings and the Oral Roberts baseball team evened their series against Summit League foe Omaha with a 2-0 win in extras on Saturday night at Tal Anderson Field. With the win, the Golden Eagles have now won 10 of their last 11 road contests.
 
The shutout marked the fourth of the season for the Golden Eagles.
 
After Jackson Loftin and Justin Quinn reached on back-to-back walks to open the 11th, the two advanced to second and third via a sacrifice bunt from AJ Archambo. Loftin and Quinn later crossed the plate on two separate wild pitches to give ORU the 2-0 lead.
 
Smith tossed a career-high 7.1 scoreless frames and struck out five for his seventh quality start of the season. With his performance, the redshirt senior lowered his ERA in Summit League play to 0.84.
 
In relief, Denton threw 3.2 scoreless innings and registered four strikeouts to earn his fourth win of the season. The sophomore has now thrown 25.2 consecutive scoreless frames.
 
With only one out in the eighth, the Mavericks threatened to take the lead as they loaded the bases. Holden Breeze recorded the second out of the frame as he nailed the go-ahead run at the plate on a groundout. Another grounder, this time to Loftin at short, ended the Omaha threat.
 
In the bottom of the 11th, Denton set down the side in order as ORU evened the series against the Mavericks with a 2-0 shutout victory.

Inside the Box Score
- Loftin and Breeze were the only Golden Eagles to record multiple hits on the night.
- In the win, Loftin stole his 21st and 22nd bags of the season.
- Archambo swiped his second base of the year in the ninth.
- Smith struck out five over a career-high 7.1 scoreless innings.
- The quality start was the redshirt senior's seventh of the year.
- Denton ran his scoreless innings streak to 25.2 in the win.
- The sophomore struck out four and allowed only one hit in 3.2 scoreless frames.
 
Notes
- With the win, ORU is now 30-11 all-time against the Mavericks.
- The Golden Eagles are now 2-3 this season against Omaha.
- ORU has now won 10 of their last 11 road contests.
- The shutout was the fourth of the year for ORU.

Up Next
The rubber match between the Golden Eagles and Mavericks is slated for tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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