The Basics
Games #35-37
Oral Roberts (20-14, 8-5) vs. Omaha (12-20, 6-9)
Dates: April 17^th | April 18^th | April 19^th | 6:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m.
Location: Tal Anderson Field (Omaha, Nebraska)
Watch: Summit League Network | LiveStats: Sidearm LiveStats
 
Omaha, Neb. - The Oral Roberts baseball team kicks off the back half of the nine-game road trip as they head to Omaha to face off against the Mavericks for the second time.
 
The Golden Eagles are coming off of a 2-2 trip to Colorado, taking two of three from the Northern Colorado Bears and dropping their mid-week game to Air Force on Monday.  ORU offensively has found consistency with the bats as they have at least 10 hits in their last six games, scoring 66 runs during that stretch. 
 
Ryan Folmar's team has also found a one-two punch for the starting rotation in right-handers Easton Teel who tossed his fourth straight quality start against Northern Colorado, and Nathan Love who threw his second scoreless outing of the season last Saturday. 
 
As for Omaha, they come home off a series defeat against South Dakota State dropping two of three, however, they have won seven of their last ten games.  Ever since getting swept at Chapman Park the Mavericks are 7-4 with a series win over North Dakota State and a mid-week win over Nebraska.
  
Pitching Matchup: 
RHP Easton Teel (3-1, 2.68) v. RHP Tanner Foerstch (1-1, 4.08)
RHP Nathan Love (5-4, 2.68) v. RHP Ben Weber (1-4, 5.04)
TBD v. RHP Maddox Meyer (1-0, 7.90) 
 
 
Inside the Series:
Oral Roberts leads the all-time series 43-14 most recently sweeping the Mavericks at Chapman Park in late March.  In that series, the Golden Eagles outscored Omaha 25-4 across the four games including a run-rule win on Saturday 10-0.  ORU is 7-3 in the last 10 games with Omaha and is 19-8 on the road against the Mavs.
 
Quick Hits: 
-            ORU has at least 10 hits in their last six games going 4-2 during that span
-            Will Edmunson's hit streak has reached 14 games
-            Owen Coil recorded 10 hits and two homers across four games in Colorado earning him the conference Player of the Week.
 
Scouting the Opponent:
Omaha comes into their second series with Oral Roberts at 12-20 and 6-9 in league play.  Most recently they dropped two of three to South Dakota State in Brookings over the weekend winning their lone game 19-5.  The Mavericks sport an 8-7 home record which is much better than their 4-13 record away from Tal Anderson Field.
 
Henry Zipay continues to get on base leading the team in average at .387 with one homer and 15 RBIs to go along with a slugging percentage of .529 and a .490 on base.  Jackson Trout stays atop the charts as Omaha's best power hitter slugging four homer and 24 RBIs with a .325 batting average.  Tyler Bishop sneaks into the top-three conversation with the team-leading 27 RBIs.  As a group Omaha hits .266 which ranks 199th nationally and has hit 18 homers, ranking 259th overall.
 
Ben Weber has been the team's lead on the mound with a 1-4 record and 5.04 ERA in nine starts.  Against ORU he threw 3.1 innings of relief giving up six hits and four runs in a 10-0 loss.  Cameron Teiner is posting an 0-4 record and 8.21 ERA in three starts in 2025.  Outside of the Friday starter spot, Saturday and Sunday have essentially been a revolving door of arms for the Mavericks.  As a unit, their ERA sits at 7.58 which sits at 245th in the country, a WHIP of 1.83 at 238th nationally, and allow an opponent batting average of .298.  They allowed 25 runs on 22 hits across three games against ORU in March.
 
Defensively Omaha has been a solid unit with a fielding percentage of .966 committing just 38 errors and turning 23 double plays on the year.  However, the defense struggles against the Golden Eagles at Chapman Park committing seven errors over the weekend series.
 

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