The Basics
Arizona State 9 – Oral Roberts 2
Oral Roberts (4-2, 0-0) – Arizona St (6-1, 0-0)
Location: Tempe, Ariz. (Phoenix Municipal Stadium)
Win: Jaden Alba (1-0), Loss: Trent Martin (1-1), Save: N/A
 
TEMPE, Ariz. -  The Oral Roberts baseball team drops their first series of the season losing game three at Arizona State 9-2.
 
Errors plagued the ORU defense in the first three innings as they committed five over that span translating to a 3-1 Sun Devil Lead.   
 
Cooper Combs was able to spark life into the offense in that third inning with an RBI double to keep Oral Roberts in the game early.  The Kansas transfer tallied five hits and three RBIs across the weekend. 
 
In the fourth more offense came at the hands of Will Edmunson driving in his second RBI of the series on his fourth base hit. The Senior has posted at least one hit in five of the first six games in 2025.
 
In the later innings, the long ball came into play for the hosts as ASU fired four homers over the fence scoring six unanswered runs during that span.  The Sun Devils would leave the yard five times total in the series finale. 
 
The Golden Eagles had opportunities at the plate throughout but couldn't come through leaving 10 runners on base in the defeat.  The Sun Devil Bullpen combined for three shutout innings allowing just two hits, one walk, and six strikeouts leading the way to a 9-2 final.
 
Inside the Box Score 
-            Oral Roberts committed a season-high five errors in the series finale, 10 for the weekend
-            Cooper Combs posted a career-high three hits in Sunday's loss, his second multi-hit effort of the season
 
Game Notes
-            ORU drops their first series of the season falling to 4-2 overall
-            The Golden Eagles hit five home runs over the weekend, all of them coming from different batters
-           Oral Roberts returns home on Tuesday where they are 3-0 on the 2025 season
 
Up Next
-            The Golden Eagles return home to Chapman Park on Tuesday, February 25^th, as they take on the Missouri State Bears out of the Missouri Valley Conference at 3 p.m.
 
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