ORUTerry Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Golden Eagles take twinbill from WIU By Staff Reports 5/19/2007 MACOMB, Ill. -- Oral Roberts University's baseball team swept Saturday's doubleheader with Western Illinois, by counts of 9-5 in 10 innings and 18-2 in Mid-Continent Conference action at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium. ORU won for the 22nd time in 23 games, improving to 36-15 overall and 18-1 in league play. WIU dropped to 31-23 overall and 11-8 in conference action. It took extra innings in the first game for the Golden Eagles to defeat the Leathernecks, winning 9-5 in the 10th. ORU pushed across five runs in the top half of the 10th as the Golden Eagles improved to 3-1 in games decided in extra innings. ORU rallied from a 4-2 deficit with a two-run eighth. A run-scoring double by pitch-hitter Stephen Pearson and a David Genao RBI groundout tied the game at 4. Western Illinois would load the bases in the bottom of the ninth off reliever Erik Crichton. bt the right-hander struck out Cooper Stewert to end the threat and send the game to extra innings. In the 10th, ORU scored all five runs with two outs. Pearson started the scoring with an RBI double. Genao, Tyler Warmerdam, Kelly Minissale and Jake Kahaulelio each Cox Business Services added RBI singles off WIU's reliever Todd Nelson. Crichton (4-4) worked the 10th to win his fourth consecutive decision. ORU cruised through the first six innings with a 2-0 lead, but WIU took a 4-2 lead in the seventh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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