The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 6 – No. 11 Oklahoma State 4
Records: ORU (47-11), No. 11 Oklahoma State (41-19)
Location: Stillwater, Okla. (O'Brate Stadium)
Win: Caleb Isaacs (7-0) | Loss: Nolan McLean (1-2) | Save: Cade Denton (13)
 
STILLWATER, Okla. – The Oral Roberts baseball team opened its 30th NCAA Tournament appearance with a 6-4 victory over the No. 11 overall seed Oklahoma State Friday night in the Stillwater Regional from O'Brate Stadium. The win marked the Golden Eagles' first in an NCAA Regional since 2017, which also came against Oklahoma State.

With the victory, ORU has now toppled a No. 1 seed as a No. 4 in the opening round for the third time, which is the most in NCAA history since 1999. The Golden Eagles extended their winning streak, the nation's longest, to 19 games, which is tied for the most consecutive wins in program history during the NCAA Division I era (1978). Over its last 40 contests, ORU is 37-3. 

Caleb Isaacs improved to 7-0 after tossing 4.1 innings in relief and striking out four. Closer Cade Denton, a Collegiate Baseball All-American, slammed the door shut for his 13th save of the season after working two innings and punching out five. Starter Jakob Hall tossed 2.2 scoreless frames and struck out two before his night was cut short due to an hour-long weather delay. 

Mac McCroskey led the Golden Eagle offense with a 3-for-4 performance to go along with three RBI. Drew Stahl matched McCroskey with a 3-for-4 night at the dish and also plated a run. Center fielder Jonah Cox, a Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American, extended his hit streak to 42 games with a 2-for-3 performance and has hit safely in 57 of the 58 contests this year. 

The Golden Eagles struck first in the third behind an RBI single from Justin Quinn, who went 2-for-5 on the night. After Cox reached on a single to load the bases, McCroskey drew an RBI bases-loaded walk to extend the advantage to 2-0.
 
In the fifth, ORU loaded the bases with no outs and McCroskey came through with an RBI single to extend the lead, 3-0. Following a strikeout, Stahl drew an RBI bases-loaded walk to make it 4-0. Jacob Godman added to the advantage, 5-0, with an RBI single through the left side.
 
The Cowboys responded in the bottom half of the frame with a two-run single to trim the lead to 5-2.

McCroskey answered for the Golden Eagles in the sixth with an RBI single up the middle that scored Cox, who reached on an infield single.

A pair of solo homers in the eighth by Oklahoma State cut the ORU advantage to 6-4. 

After Denton allowed a leadoff walk in the ninth to bring up the tying run, the junior registered a pair of strikeouts and a groundout to seal the 6-4 victory for the Golden Eagles. 

Inside the Box Score
- ORU totaled six runs on 13 hits and drew six walks.
- McCroskey and Stahl each logged three hits.
- Cox and Quinn registered multi-hit performances.
- Cox and Jake McMurray recorded a game-best two walks apiece.
- Cox swiped his 27th base of the season.
- As a staff, ORU struck out 11 Cowboys.
- Denton registered five strikeouts in two innings and has fanned 13 in his last five frames. 
- Isaacs recorded his second-longest outing of the season after throwing 4.1 innings. 
- Hall totaled 2.2 scoreless frames. 

Notes
- Friday's contest marked the 79th meeting all-time between the two clubs.
- The Golden Eagles lead the all-time series, 42-37, and have won 13 of the last 16 meetings, including four in a row.
- In the NCAA Tournament, ORU improved to 5-5 all-time against the Cowboys and has won four straight. 
- With the win, the Golden Eagles extended the nation's longest active win streak to 19 games, which ties the 1978 squad for the longest in program history in the NCAA Division I era. 
- On the road, ORU has won 14 in a row. 
- For the third time in program history, the Golden Eagles have topped a No. 1 seed in the opening round as a No. 4, which is the most in NCAA history since 1999.
- In their last 40 games, ORU is 37-3. 
- Cox pushed his hitting streak to 42 games, which is tied for the sixth longest in NCAA history. 
- The junior logged his 30th multi-hit performance of the year and has registered a hit in 57 of the 58 games this season. 
- Matt Hogan has reached base safely in 30 straight games. 
- Breeze extended his on-base streak to 24 consecutive contests. 
- McMurray pushed his on-base streak to 23 straight games. 
- Stahl registered his 19th multi-hit performance of the year and has reached base safely in 17 consecutive contests. 
- Quinn logged his sixth straight multi-hit contest and stretched his hit streak to 11 games.
- McCroskey has now hit safely in 12 straight games. 

Up Next
The Golden Eagles will face the three-seeded Washington Huskies tomorrow at 8 p.m. from O'Brate Stadium. 

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