The Basics
Score: Saint Louis 4, Oral Roberts 1
Records: ORU (7-12, 0-0 Summit), Saint Louis (6-13, 0-0 Atlantic 10)
Location: St. Louis, Mo. (Billiken Sports Center)
 
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Oral Roberts baseball team wrapped up a stretch of 10 road contests in 11 games with a 4-1 loss to Saint Louis on Sunday.

With two outs in the seventh inning, Missouri State drew a hit batsman and a walk, before capitalizing on it with a three-run home run to left field.

Saint Louis got on the board in the second inning and added another run in the third to take a 2-0 lead. The two teams proceeded to trade scoreless frames until the seventh inning.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Billikens added a pair of runs to push their lead to four runs.

Brody Gibson drove in Hunter Swift to get Oral Roberts on the board in the ninth inning, but that was all the offense the Golden Eagles could muster.
 
Inside the Box Score 

• .Eight Golden Eagles tallied hits in the game, including multi-hit games from Hunter Swift and Brody Gibson.
• Swift entered the game as a pinch hitter, going 2-2 at the plate and scoring ORU's lone run.
• Evan Kowalski and Bradan Pierce combined for 4.2 innings of scoreless work out of the bullpen. Kowalski went 3.0 innings and fanned four batters while Pierce added 1.2 innings of scoreless ball, punching out two.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles will open Summit League play against North Dakota State on Friday, March 26. ORU and North Dakota State will square off in a doubleheader on Friday, a single game on Saturday afternoon, and a finale on Sunday. North Dakota State went 3-1 in their opening weekend of conference play against Western Illinois.
 
 
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