The Basics
Game #42-44
Oral Roberts (14-26-1, 5-12-1) vs. South Dakota State (17-20, 9-8)
Dates: April 26-28 (3:00 PM/CT | 12:00 PM/CT | 1:00 PM/CT)*
Location: Brookings, S.D. (Erv Huether Field)
Watch: Summit League Network | Behind the Mic: Dave Garrett | Live Stats: StatBroadcast

TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts University ventures up to Brookings Thursday morning as they will conclude their regular season series against South Dakota State.

This weekend will be streamed on the Summit League Network with Dave Garrett on the call for ORUSN. Fans can also follow along with the game on ORU's Twitter, @ORUBaseball.

Important Links
Summit League Notes

Pitching Matchups
Game 1: Nic McCay vs. Jakob Hall
Game 2: Jake Goble vs. Brooks Fowler
Game 3: TBA vs. Joshua Caravalho

Inside the Series
• Oral Roberts is 75-23 all-time against South Dakota State since their first matchup in 1971. 
• The Golden Eagles have not lost a series in Brookings since May 7-9, 2010 where the Jackrabbits won the series 3-1.
• This is the first time ORU has played a regular season game in Brooking since their series win on May 19-21, 2022.

Quick Hits 
• Holden Breeze continues to carry one of the most elite bats in the Summit League. The third baseman is batting .397 in 58 plate appearances against conference opponents.
• Alex Rodgers enters the series with a multi-hit outing in his three games.
• Martell Davis is batting .467 in his last seven starts with five of those being multi hit games

Milestone Watch
•  Jakob Hall needs four strikeouts to reach 200 career punchouts.
•  Dalton Patten is one save shy of 10 career saves.
•  Stahl needs to drive in four runs to reach 100 career RBI's at ORU.

Current Trends
•  In the last five games, Davis boasts a batting average of .556 with an OPS of 1.341.
•  In the last 10 games, Rodgers leads ORU with a .415 batting average, driving in seven runs with an OPS of 1.047.
•  Since picking up a losing decision against SDSU to open league play, Hall has gone 4-0, collecting 35 strikeouts, and maintaining a 2,21 ERA.
•  Since the tie at Northern Colorado, this weekend's rotation has a combined ERA of 3.61 across 33 innings.

Scouting the Opponent
• Alex Clemons has not allowed a run over his last five appearances, covering 8 2/3 innings, with only three hits allowed
• Cael Frost extended his hitting streak to 10 games and has a hit in 33 of 37 games this season. Dawson Parry also enters the series after he reached base safely for the 21st consecutive while Jordan Sagedahl has a hit in 14 of his last 15 games
• South Dakota State's baseball game slated for Wednesday afternoon against Dakota Wesleyan had been canceled to allow the Tigers to play makeup games within their conference schedule.


*With inclement weather approaching the area, games may be subject to time changes, delays, or postponements. Any updates to the schedule will be posted on ORU baseball's social media accounts and on oruathletics.com 


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