The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 2 – No. 5 Texas A&M 8
Records: ORU (38-19), No. 5 Texas A&M (38-18)
Location: College Station, Texas (Blue Bell Park)
Win: Ledgend Smith (7-5) | Loss: Micah Dallas (6-3) 
 
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Oral Roberts baseball team dropped their opening game of the College Station Regional as they fell to No. 5 Texas A&M, 8-2, Friday afternoon at Blue Bell Park.

Trailing 3-1 in the top of the seventh, the Golden Eagles put the tying run on second courtesy of a Texas A&M error with only one out but back-to-back strikeouts ended the threat. The Aggies followed with a three-run homer in the bottom half of the frame to break open the game, 6-1. 

Connor Beichler gave the Golden Eagles the early lead, 1-0, in the second as the redshirt sophomore laid down a sacrifice bunt, which plated Holden Breeze.

A two-run home run off the bat of Thompson in the bottom half of the second allowed the Aggies to take a 2-1 lead. In the fifth, Texas A&M extended their lead to 3-1 with a sacrifice fly.

Following the Texas A&M homer in the seventh, Breeze plated Jackson Loftin with an RBI double down the left field line to cut the deficit to 6-2.

A two-run double in the eighth off the bat of Moss made the final tally 8-2 in favor of Texas A&M.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Mac McCroskey, Joshua Cox, Loftin and Breeze each registered two hits in the loss.
- Breeze registered two doubles in the contest, marking the second time he has accomplished that feat this season.
- Caleb Denny extended his on-base streak to 27 games.
- Loftin stretched his hit streak to 11 games.
- McCroskey upped his on-base streak to 21 games
- Offensively, ORU was 1-11 with runners in scoring position.
- Ledgend Smith suffered the loss after allowing three runs, two earned, over 4.1 innings of work.
- The redshirt senior struck out six.
- As a staff, ORU registered 11 punchouts. 

Notes
- With the loss, the Golden Eagles are now 2-6 all-time against Texas A&M.
- In College Station, Texas, ORU is now 1-4 all-time. 
- In NCAA Regional play, the Golden Eagles are now 34-53 all-time. 
- ORU is making their 29th NCAA Tournament appearance.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles will face the loser between TCU and Louisiana in an elimination game tomorrow at 12 p.m. 

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