The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 9 – Stephen F. Austin 1
Records: ORU (8-4), Stephen F. Austin (5-7)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Win: Brooks Fowler (2-0) | Loss: Conner Woods (0-1) | Save: Evan Kowalski (1)
 
TULSA, Okla. – Brooks Fowler retired 17 of the final 18 batters he faced and the Oral Roberts baseball team claimed the series finale against Stephen F. Austin, 9-1, Sunday afternoon at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

Fowler tossed seven innings of one-run baseball and struck out six en route to his second win of the 2023 campaign. The seven innings pitched marked a new career-high for the sophomore. In relief, Evan Kowalski entered the contest with a 2-1 lead and picked up his first save of the season after throwing two scoreless frames and striking out three.

After SFA jumped in front, 1-0, in the opening frame on a sacrifice fly, Drew Stahl answered in the fourth with a two-run homer to put ORU on top 2-1. The junior's blast marked his third in the last five games.

In the eighth, the Golden Eagles broke the game open with an eight-run frame that was capped off by a Blaze Brothers two-run blast. The homer was Brothers' third of the season and second of the homestand. In the frame, Matt Hogan, Holden Breeze, Stahl, Preston Baumgartner and Jacob Godman each registered an RBI.

Inside the Box Score
- Seven of the nine batters in the lineup collected a hit for ORU.
- Mac McCroskey joined Stahl with a multi-hit performance after finishing 2-for-4 at the dish.
- Jake McMurray led off for the first time this season.
- Fowler and Kowalski combined for nine strikeouts. 
- Fowler retired 17 of the final 18 batters he faced.
- Brothers and Stahl combined for five of the nine RBIs on the day.
- Hogan and Stahl each crossed the plate a game-best two times.

Notes
- McCroskey extended his on-base streak to 34 straight games. 
- The multi-hit game was the redshirt senior's sixth of the season and 29th of his career.
- With the win, ORU is now 8-5 all-time against SFA.
- Baumgartner's RBI in the eighth marked the first of his ORU career.
- Fowler set a new career-high for innings pitched in the win.
- Jonah Cox extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

Up Next
ORU begins a six-game road trip with a midweek contest at Wichita State on Tuesday, March 7 at 3 p.m.

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