The Basics
Game #48
Oral Roberts (19-27-1) vs. Little Rock (26-20)
Dates: May 7 (6:00 PM/CT)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Watch: Summit League Network | Behind the Mic: Adam Hildebrandt | Live Stats: SIDEARM

TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts University baseball team continues their homestand as they look to complete their season sweep over Little Rock.

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

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Inside the Series
• Oral Roberts is 21-6 all-time against Little Rock since their first matchup in 1996. 
• ORU and Little Rock's last matchup earlier this March saw the Golden Eagles put an end to their six game losing-streak as they held off the Trojans in a standalone matchup at Little Rock. 
• Price Allman would enter the game and provide ORU with two innings of no-hit relief as the Golden Eagles began to cruise to their first road win of 2024. 
• The Trojans did not go down without a fight, putting together a rally in the eighth that brought them within one run of tying the game. Brooks Fowler was called to close the game and would escape a jam with a strikeout to secure the 7-6 win.

Quick Hits 
• Rodgers is currently on a 12 game hitting-streak and has been batting .451 during that stretch with 23 hits.
• At J.L. Johnson Stadium this season, Holden Breeze has more multi-hit games (14) than strikeouts (10).
• Against non-conference opponents this season, Elijah Rodriguez is batting has a Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP) of .395 in 24 games.

Current Trends
•  In the last five games, Rodgers has been batting .429 with a .547 OBP
•  Caleb Isaacs has held an ERA of 1.35 in his last five appearances for the Golden Eagles.
•  In midweek matchups this season, Little Rock has walked the Golden Eagles the most with nine.

Scouting the Opponent
• The Trojans return 96% of at bats and 84% of innings on the mound from the hot 2023 run including the defending OVC Pitcher of the Year Jackson Wells, First Team All Conferences winners Skyler Trevino, Tyler Williams, and Nico Baumbach, and All-Newcomer team recipient Ty Rhoades
 •: Fifth year senior outfielder Tyler Williams has re-written the Little Rock record book as he has grabbed numerous records.

He now holds the record for career RBI, at bats, hits, doubles, triples, and total bases. 
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