The Basics
Oral Roberts11 – North Dakota State 3
Oral Roberts (25-30-1) vs. North Dakota State (19-29-1)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (JL Johnson Stadium)
Win: Jakob Hall (10-2) Loss: Logan Knight (5-4)
Tulsa, Okla.– The Oral Roberts baseball team set the tone on the opening day of the Summit League Tournament, firing on all cylinders against the Bison Saturday evening.
Newly crowned pitcher of the year was able to shake off three NDSU runs in the first two frames and give the Golden Eagles 4.1 more innings of shutout baseball to keep ORU in the game.
Oral Roberts would regain the lead in the fifth with a huge five run inning capitalized by a Sam Thompson two run homer over the right field fence.
The Golden Eagles continued to put the game out of reach for NDSU taking on three more runs in the sixth off RBI's from Martell Davis and David Herring.
Holden Breeze brought the Golden Eagles into double digit with a massive 400 ft home run over the center field fence and Elijah Rodriguez would join in on the fun with first NCAA homer in the ninth.
Back on the mound, Jared Ure and Ryan Carmack combined for 2.2 innings of hitless relief to help ORU cruise to a 11-3 victory.
Inside the Box Score
- Breeze's homer traveled 401 ft with a 105 mph exit velocity.
- Thompson's home run traveled 396 ft with a 102 mph exit velocity.
- Four different Bison registered a hit while five different ORU batters had multi-hit games.
Game Notes
- Hall surpassed 100 strikeouts and 100 innings pitched on the season.
- Ryan Folmar now has 396 career wins at ORU.
- Hall becomes the first ORU pitcher to reach 100k's in a season since Chi Chi Gonzalez in 2013.
Up Next
ORU will be back at J.L. Johnson Stadium as they look to defend their Summit League Tournament title with a semifinal matchup against Northern Colorado.
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