theeagleman5 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Big weekend series up north that will be played at Concordia College in Minnesota instead of Fargo due to field conditions.....not sure if this removes any home advantage for the Bison but basically this is a neutral field.....ultimately it will come down to pitching and hitting.....ORU (17-17) needs a big opening game performance from Mike McMinn who has been very disappointing the past couple starts....getting the opener will be big since the final two games will both be played as a DH on Saturday afternoon....some timely hitting would also be nice.....ORU is tied for 3rd place right now with WIU just a game ahead of 5th place NDSU...so this is a chance to put some distance between us and the Bison.....winning at least 2 of 3 this weekend is a MUST against a team that's only 9-17..........2nd place SDSU is hosting WIU in another huge Summit League series this weekend...so we will know a lot more about this race come Sunday night.....GO BLUE!!Ā Happy Easter!!!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 McMinn off to a good start....ORU up 2-0 in the 3rd....Ā Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Game One in the books - 8-7 good guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 Game one a real nail biter as ORU hung on for an 8-7 win despite almost blowing a four run lead in the final two innings...."Ace" McMinn once again going less five innings which isn't good....but the Good Guys battled all night and hadĀ four players with multiple hit games....a save for Spencer Henson with the tying and winning runs on.....very important that ORU got the first game here with a DH tomorrow afternoon.....we are now two games up on the Bison.....GO BLUE!!!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 Holy bleep....ORU rallies from 5-1 down with anĀ 8 run 9th inning to stun NDSU 11-5....a pair of HRs for Spencer Henson and four scoreless and hitless relief innings by Hunter Swift for the win....now lets get the sweep!!!...GO BLUE!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 NDSU wins the finale 7-6 with a walkoff hit in the 9th...the bullpen didnt get the job done in this one.....but at least ORU got 2 of 3.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU82 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Tough loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Would have been real nice for ORU to get the sweep.....but let's face it....we could have lost all 3.....SDSU won 2 of 3 from WIU over the weekend so ORU now sits in 3rd place...one game behind SDSU....and one game ahead of WIU; two ahead of NDSU....every SummitĀ game is huge from now on....the next 3 up at Fort Wayne starting Friday and the Mastodons are 0-18....so ORU MUST sweep them or it's a failed weekend.....because the final 3 series vs. WIU, at SDSU and at Omaha are all going to be wars..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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