The Basics
Game One: Oral Roberts  1 – St. Thomas 11
Game Two: Oral Roberts 13 – St. Thomas 2 (F/7)
Oral Roberts (24-16, 11-7) – St. Thomas (20-16, 14-5)
Location: Chapman Park (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Game One: Win: Marcus Kruzan (7-0), Loss: Easton Teel (4-2), Save: N/A
Game Two: Win: Nathan Love (6-5), Loss: Kody Floyd (1-2), Save: N/A
 
 TULSA, OKLA. - The Oral Roberts baseball team split the doubleheader on Friday night with St. Thomas, capping off game two with a lopsided win.
 
In game one, it was all Tommies from the get-go as they loaded the bases with nobody out in the first inning, but only got one run out of the situation against Easton Teel.
 
St. Thomas went on to score in the next two innings as well, with one in the second and three in the third to open up a four-game lead.  ORU did strike for one in the second with a Keaton Campbell RBI single, but that would be all they'd get for the ballgame.
 
After a couple of scoreless frames, the Tommies came back with runs in each of the final four innings to pull away and take an 11-1 victory in game one of the doubleheader out out-hitting the Golden Eagles 16-6.
 
In game two, however, the story was the complete opposite as Oral Roberts got going early and never let up.  As they designated visiting as game two served as a makeup from the Twin Cities in March, ORU got two on the board in the top of the first inning with a walk from Makani Tanaka driving in a run and a ground out from Campbell to make it 2-0.
 
Moments later in the third, the Golden Eagles tacked on two more with a RBI double from Jack Schark and a RBI single from Tanak to stretch the lead to four.  The Tommies would put a run on the board in the fourth on a solo homer. 
 
Scoring every other inning would continue to be a theme for ORU, breaking it open with four in the fifth.  A fielder's choice from Martell Davis, a ground out from Will Edmunson, and a single from Wailele Kane-Yates all drove in runs in the frame.
 
St. Thomas posted one more run in the sixth on a single, but that would be the last of the offense they'd get against Nathan Love, who went 6.0 innings, gave up four hits, two runs, one walk, and struck out four.
 
The Golden Eagles slammed the door shut in the seventh, scoring seven time,s highlighted by a Kane-Yates three-run homer to get over the ten-run threshold for a run-rule victory.  Jared Ure checked in for the bottom of the seventh and sat St. Thomas down to cap off a 13-2 win to split the twin bill.
 
Inside the Box Score 
-            Will Edmunson's hit streak be extended to 20 games
-            Nathan Love has only allowed six earned runs at home this season
-            Kane-Yates went deep for the sixth time, reaching the 30 RBI mark
 
Game Notes
-            ORU has 10 or more hits in 10 of their last 12 games, going 8-2 in that span
-            The Golden Eagles got their first win of the season over St. Thomas
-            It's ORU's second run rule win in conference play (10-0 over Omaha on 3/22)
-            Head Coach Ryan Folmar is six wins from the record in program history
 
 
Up Next:
The Golden Eagles take on St. Thomas for game three of the weekend at 2 p.m. from Chapman Park. The Golden Eagles look to win their 10th game in April.
 
 
 
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