The Basics
Game One: Western Illinois 5, Oral Roberts 4
Game Two: Oral Roberts 3, Western Illinois 2
Records: ORU (21-19, 12--5 Summit), WIU (10-24, 6-15 Summit)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
 
TULSA, Okla. – Blake Hall got to play the hero for the Oral Roberts baseball team on Friday with a walk-off single in the second game of a doubleheader against conference foe Western Illinois.
 
Jake McMurray and Joshua Cox combined for eight of the Golden Eagles 12 hits in the first game, both recording four-hit games.
 
Western Illinois jumped out to a 4-0 lead over the Golden Eagles in the third inning before ORU began chipping away at the deficit. ORU got a run back in the bottom half of the frame when Ryan Cash plated Anthony Martinez with a sacrifice fly.
 
ORU put another run on the board in the fifth when McMurray scored Cox on a double. The Leathernecks extended their lead in the eighth and pushed their lead back to three.
 
In the final two innings, ORU continued their comeback attempt by scoring a run in each frame. With two outs in the eighth, Jordan Wiley ripped a pinch-hit double to center field, scoring Hunter Swift from first. In the ninth, Caleb Denny scored a run on a fielder's choice to bring ORU back within a run before a pair of strikeouts ended the last-chance effort.
 
In the second game, Isaac Coffey twirled his second consecutive complete game – his fourth complete game in five starts. With the seven-inning victory, Coffey moves to 7-1 on the season.
 
Wiley got the Golden Eagles going with an RBI double to score Hall and Cox.
 
Western Illinois tied the game in the fourth inning with a pair of RBI singles.
 
In the sixth inning, McMurray was inches away from a grand slam that would have broke the scoring open to give ORU a four run lead. Instead, the Western Illinois left fielder made a spectacular play to end the inning and leave the bases full of Golden Eagles.
 
The seventh inning open with Denny ripping a double down the right field line to open a scoring opportunity. Denny advanced to third on a wild pitch and Blake Hall ended the game with a single to left on the following pitch.  
 
Game One Turning Point
Western Illinois added an insurance run in the eighth inning of the ballgame that proved to be the difference in the game. The Golden Eagles managed to cut the deficit to one run in the ninth inning, but came up just short.
 
Game Two Turning Point
Blake Hall's walk-off single in the seventh inning helped ORU split the doubleheader on Friday evening. With the win, ORU improves to 12-5 in conference play, remaining in first place of the Summit League.
 
Inside The Game One Box Score

• The Golden Eagle pitching staff did not record a strikeout in Game One.
• ORU tripled twice in the game, setting a new season-best for a single-game.
• Joshua Cox and Jake McMurray combined for eight of ORU's 12 hits. The duo combined to go 8-10 at the plate with a RBI and two runs scored.
• ORU's third inning run was just their fifth run scored in the third inning this season.

 
Inside The Game Two Box Score

• Isaac Coffey completed his fourth complete game in his last five starts.
• Caleb Denny became the last Golden Eagle to start every game for ORU this season.
• No Golden Eagle recorded a multi-hit game in the contest.
• Blake Hall's walk-off single was the second ORU walk-off in six games. Adam Oviedo had a walk-off run-rule single against South Dakota State in Friday's game last weekend.
• ORU matched their single-game high with three stolen bases.

 
Up Next
ORU will be back in action against Western Illinois on Saturday afternoon. First pitch from J.L. Johnson Stadium will be thrown at 2 pm and all of the action can be found for free on the ORU Sports Network.
 
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