The Basics
Score: No. 24 Oral Roberts 11 – St. Thomas 2
Records: No. 24 ORU (35-11, 19-1), St. Thomas (7-27, 5-12)
Location: St. Paul, Minn. (Koch Diamond)
Win: Harley Gollert (7-1) | Loss: Nolan Kemp (0-3) | Save: Dalton Patten (4)
 
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The No. 24 Oral Roberts baseball team claimed its eighth straight series win with an 11-2 victory over St. Thomas Saturday afternoon from Koch Diamond. With the win, the Golden Eagles are guaranteed at least a share of their 20th Summit League regular season title. 

On the mound, Harley Gollert improved to 7-1 after tossing six innings of one-run baseball to go along with six strikeouts. In relief, Dalton Patten collected his fourth save after working three innings of one-run ball and striking out three.

Center fielder Jonah Cox pushed his hit streak to 30 games after finishing 3-for-4 at the dish to go along with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base. Senior Jake McMurray continued his power surge as the Tulsa, Oklahoma, native belted his sixth home run in six games and also drove in a game-best three RBI. 

Matt Hogan opened the scoring in the top half of the first with an RBI single that scored Cox, who reached on a walk. The Tommies quickly answered in the bottom half of the frame with an RBI single of their own to even the score at 1-1.

McMurray broke the 1-1 tie in the fifth with a two-run blast to left that brought around Blaze Brothers, who led off the frame with a triple. 

ORU extended its advantage to 5-1 in the sixth behind a pair of RBI singles from Brothers and McMurray.

In the seventh, three more runs came around to score for the Golden Eagles courtesy of St. Thomas miscues. 

Cox plated his lone RBI of the day in the eighth with a double that brought around Justin Quinn, who reached base on a hit-by-pitch. In the bottom half of the frame, the Tommies pushed across their final run of the afternoon on a wild pitch. 

Garrett Casey capped the scoring in the ninth with a two-run homer to left-center as ORU went on to win 11-2. The long ball marked the second of the season for the junior. 

Inside the Box Score
- ORU totaled 11 runs on 11 hits in the win.
- Brothers, Cox and McMurray each recorded multi-hit performances.
- Cox led all players with three hits.
- McMurray plated a game-best three RBI. 
- Holden Breeze finished the day 1-for-2 with a game-high three walks and two runs scored.
- Cox swiped his League-leading 24th bag of the season.
- Hogan stole his seventh base of the season in the first.
- As a staff, the Golden Eagles struck out nine Tommies.
- Gollert picked up his League-leading seventh win of the year.
- Patten struck out three en route to his fourth save.

Notes
- Saturday's contest marked the eighth meeting all-time between the two clubs. 
- With the win, ORU is now 7-1 all-time against the Tommies and has won six straight in the series. 
- The Golden Eagles have won seven straight games and 25 of their last 28.
- ORU clinched its eighth straight series win and is guaranteed a share of its 20th Summit League regular season title. 
- Cox pushed his hit streak to 30 games and has now recorded a hit in 45 of the 46 contests this season. 
- The junior also recorded his team-leading 25th multi-hit performance of the season.
- McMurray collected his 18th multi-hit performance of the year and has homered six times in the last six games. 
- The senior has also reached base safely in 11 straight games and made his 128th consecutive start.
- Breeze pushed his on-base streak to 12 games. 
- Hogan has now reached base safely in 18 straight contests. 

Up Next
The Golden Eagles will look to clinch the Summit League regular season title outright in the series finale tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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