The Basics
Oral Roberts 9 – North Dakota State 6
Oral Roberts (12-6, 1-2) – North Dakota State (4-14, 2-1)
Location: Chapman Park (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Win: Dalton Patten (2-0) Loss: Austin Bergum (0-1) Save: Conner Floyd (4)
 
TULSA, OKLA. – The Oral Roberts baseball team used a quick start to grab the series finale over North Dakota State 9-6 Sunday afternoon.
 
Jack Schark hit two solo homers in the win bringing his total to four on the season, tied for second on the team.
 
The Golden Eagles bats got off to a scorching start scoring four times in the bottom of the first with an RBI single from Makani Tanaka driving in Will Edmunson and back-to-back homers from Wailele Kane-Yates and Schark to take a 4-0 lead.
 
The Bison responded in a big way combatting ORU's first inning with five runs of their own in the second to take their first and only lead of the game.
 
Oral Roberts didn't waste much time responding loading the bases in the third inning setting up Martell Davis to clear them with a double reclaiming the lead 7-5.
 
The bases would be full of Golden Eagles again in the fifth for Cooper Combs who drew a walk scoring Matthew Mainord to extend the lead to three.  In the sixth, Schark got back to it hitting his second solo shot of the afternoon.
 
Right hander Dalton Patten kept the Bison offense at bay with 4.1 scoreless innings of relief allowing two hits, two walks, and striking out five batters.
 
NDSU would grab one more run in the ninth but Conner Floyd shut the door picking up his fourth save of the year, sealing the 9-6 win. 
 
 
Inside the Box Score 
-           Jack Schark doubled his season home run total with two solo homers
-            Dalton Patten's 4.1 inning relief appearance is the second relief appearance of at least four innings from an ORU reliever
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Game Notes
-           The Golden Eagles used just eight pitchers across the three-game series
-            Wailele Kane-Yates and Jack Schark are the only two Golden Eagles to hit multiple homers in a game
-            Of Dalton Patten's 60 pitches, 43 of them went for strikes
 
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