The Basics
Game #49-51
Oral Roberts (20-27-1, 9-13-1 ) vs. Northern Colorado (12-32-1, 11-12-1)
Dates: May 10-12 (6:00 PM/CT | 2:00 PM/CT| 1:00 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 wraps up their final homestand hosting Northern Colorado tomorrow night at J.L. Johnson Stadium.
Northern Colorado and ORU are currently fourth and fifth in the League standings and hold the final two postseason spots for now. The Golden Eagles look for their third straight series win and second of the season over the Bears.

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.

Important Links
Summit League Notes

Inside the Series
• Oral Roberts is 15-0-1 all-time against Northern Colorado since their first matchup in 1978. 
• ORU and UNC's last matchup saw the Golden Eagles take the series win over the Bears as Holden Breeze swung his way to a Peak Performer of the Week nomination.
• The Golden Eagles have never lost to the Bears at home in their games played at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

Quick Hits 
• Despite missing three Summit League Games, Holden Breeze ranks 2nd in batting average (.370) and is tied for 7th in hits (30)
• ORU has won six of their last seven games which includes an upset win over #22 Oklahoma, two Summit league series wins, and a season sweep over Little, Rock
• The Golden Eagles currently are in playoff qualification at fifth but a sweep over UNC and a South Dakota State sweep over North Dakota State could vault ORU into second with a week left in the season.

Rodgers Report
•  After Tuesday's win over Little Rock, Alex Rodger's hit-streak has now reached 14 an ORU season-high games.
•  During that span Rodgers has batted .433 with 26 hits with an On Base Percentage of .521 while stealing five bases.
•  Rodgers has more multi-hit games (9) than strikeouts (8) during that streak.

Weekend Warriors
•  In games played during a three-game series this season, Breeze and Booker have combined for 89 hits, 61 RBI's, and eight homers.
•  Last weekend, the ORU pitching staff held an ERA of 2.10 in over 30 innings of work.
•  In their weekend series against UNC, the Golden Eagles batted .382 while scoring 36 runs off seven home runs.

Arm Farm
•  In the last six appearances, Conner Floyd has held an ERA of 1.17 in 7.2 innings of work
•  In his last five outings out of the bullpen, Ryan Carmack has thrown 5.2 shutout innings for the Golden Eagles
•  Jared Ure leads the squad with a 2.00 ERA in Summit League games this season fanning 29 batters in 27 innings of work.

Weekend Rotation
•  Jakob Hall has not lost a pitching decision in over 55 days.
•  Joshua Caravalho has tossed nine-straight shutout innings for the Golden Eagles.
•  In his last three starts, Brooks Fowler has struckout over 20 batters in 16 innings.


Home Sweet Home
•  At home this season, Booker has a .398 average on balls he puts into play (BABIP).
•  Floyd has an ERA of 0.79 at J.L. Johnson Stadium
•  In 29 home games this season, Breeze has 14 multi-hit games and only 11 strikeouts.

Scouting the Opponent
• Designated hitter Garrett Fisher was named the TicketSmarter Peak Performer of the Week after batting .500 in the sweep of the Jackrabbits. Freshman Brandon Sanchez homered twice last series and had multiple-RBI in all three games to finish with a team-high seven.
 •: The Bears vaulted into one of the four postseason spots after sweeping South Dakota State in a three-game set at home

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