The Basics
Oral Roberts  2 – St. Thomas 1 (F/10)
Oral Roberts (26-17, 13-8) – North Dakota State (15-27, 11-11)
Location: Newman Outdoor Field (Fargo, North Dakota)
Win: Dalton Patten (4-0), Loss: Danny Lachenmeyer (1-3), Save: N/A
 
 FARGO, ND. - The Oral Roberts baseball team executes down the stretch to grab the series opener 2-1 in extras against North Dakota State.
 
Right-hander Easton Teel threw 7.0 innings, giving up four hits, one unearned run, one walk, and striking out four Friday night.
 
In a game where pitching was the story, the Bison wasted no time getting on the scoreboard firs,t grabbing a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an error in left field.
 
ORU struck right back in the top of the second as Makani Tanaka doubled with one out and came around to score two batters later on a wild pitch to tie the game at one. 
 
After that, it was zero after zero as the Bison and Golden Eagle pitching staffs dominated from the bottom of the second inning through the rest of regulation.  Teel tossed another quality start, his sixth in seven starts, and Dalton Patten struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to send the series opener to the tenth.
 
In extras, ORU presented itself with an opportunity as Martell Davis walked on four pitches.  Moments later, Will Edmunson reached on an infield single, and a throwing error on the play allowed Davis to go to third.  The next at bat, Cooper Combs hit a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left field, scoring Davis and giving the Golden Eagles their first lead.
 
In the bottom half, Dalton Patten allowed the leadoff man to reach with a single but threw him out at second on a fielder's choice on the next at-bat. Patten was able to sit down the next two Bison, and ORU grabbed the series opener 2-1 in 10 innings. 
 
Inside the Box Score 
-            Teel matches his season-long with 7.0 innings pitched
-            Patten picked up his fourth win of the season and has thrown eight straight scoreless innings
-            Combs' sacrifice fly drove in his team-leading 39^th RBI
 
Game Notes
-            ORU is now 2-0 in extra innings
-            Head Coach Ryan Folmar is four wins away from the program record
-            It's the Golden Eagles' second straight 2-1 win
 
 
Up Next:
The Golden Eagles look to take the weekend series on Saturday against NDSU at 2 p.m. from Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, North Dakota. 
 
 
 
 
 
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