The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 2 – Stephen F. Austin 4
Records: ORU (7-4), Stephen F. Austin (5-6)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Win: Benny Emmons III | Loss: Jacob Widener (0-1)
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts baseball team dropped game two of its series against Stephen F. Austin, 4-2, in 12 innings Saturday afternoon at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

Starter Harley Gollert struck out eight over six scoreless innings of work and allowed only one hit. In the performance, the senior set season-highs for innings pitched and strikeouts. In relief, Jacob Widener suffered the loss after allowing two runs in his lone inning on the mound.

In the second, Matt Hogan put ORU on top with a solo home run down the right-field line. The senior's homer was his team-leading fifth of the season. Later in the frame, a slow chopper off the bat of Blaze Brothers snuck past the SFA second baseman, which allowed Holden Breeze to cross the plate as the Golden Eagle lead increased to 2-0.

The Lumberjacks broke through on the scoreboard in the seventh as they scratched across a run on a sacrifice fly to trim the ORU lead to 2-1. In the ninth, SFA evened the score, 2-2, courtesy of a pinch-hit solo home run down the right-field line by Barrett Rose.

The Lumberjacks broke the tie in the 12th on a two-run single by Cole Hill as they took a 4-2 advantage.

ORU tried to respond in the bottom half of the frame as back-to-back singles from Drew Stahl and Hogan brought the winning run to the plate. The next batter, Breeze, reached on a bunt as the redshirt junior narrowly beat the throw to first but Stahl was thrown out at the plate trying to score. After a Sam Thompson walk loaded the bases, Hogan was tagged out at the plate as the senior tried to score on a wild pitch. The Golden Eagles loaded the bases once more following a Jacob Godman intentional walk but a strikeout ended the threat as SFA went on to win 4-2.

Inside the Box Score
- Eight of the nine starters for ORU registered a hit on the day.
- The Golden Eagles totaled 17 hits on the afternoon but left 16 runners on base.
- Breeze and Hogan each went 4-for-6 at the dish.
- Brothers and Jonah Cox also tallied multi-hit performances.
- Gollert retired 15 of the last 16 batters he faced.
- Out of the bullpen, Cade Denton struck out five batters in four innings. 

Notes
- Mac McCroskey extended his on-base streak to 33 straight games, dating back to last season.
- Cox extended his hitting streak to 11 games. 
- Hogan's multi-hit performance was his fourth of the season.
- Breeze's four hits set a new career-high for the Gilbert, Arizona, native.
- Denton allowed his first earned run since March 18, 2022, in the ninth.
- In extra-inning games this season, ORU is now 1-1.

Up Next
Sunday's series finale is slated for 1 p.m. at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

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