The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 7 – Air Force 3
Records: ORU (28-14), Air Force (22-23)
Location: Colorado Springs, Colo. (Falcon Field)
Win: AJ Archambo (5-1) | Loss: Jake Sansing (2-3)
 
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Oral Roberts baseball team capped off a perfect four-game road trip with a 7-3 midweek victory over Air Force Academy Monday afternoon in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

With the win, the Golden Eagles have now won five straight contests and nine in a row on the road. The victory also marked the 2,000th in program history.
 
AJ Archambo picked up the win in relief to improve to 5-1 on the season after tossing three scoreless innings and striking out two.
 
The Golden Eagles opened the scoring for a fifth straight game as Caleb Denny blasted a solo shot to right field in the first.
 
The Falcons answered with a solo home run of their own in the bottom half of the frame to even the score, 1-1.
 
Brody Gibson put ORU back in front, 2-1, with an RBI double down the right-field line in the second. The senior later scored on an RBI single from Jake McMurray to push the lead to 3-1.
 
Air Force matched the Golden Eagles in the bottom half of the frame to level the score, 3-3.
 
In the third, Holden Breeze put ORU up for good, 4-3, with an RBI single through the left side. An error by the Falcons' first baseman allowed two more Golden Eagle runs to score in the frame, extending the lead to 6-3.
 
Another Falcons error in the fifth led to the final run of the contest as ORU went on to win 7-3.

Inside the Box Score
- Denny finished the afternoon 2-for-5 at the dish with a solo homer.
- Breeze tallied the other multi-hit performance for ORU going 2-for-4 with a walk.
- Seven of the nine Golden Eagles in the lineup recorded a hit.
- Jackson Loftin and Brody Gibson each tallied a game-best two walks in the win.
- Loftin extended his on-base streak to 18 games.
- Connor Beichler stole his 11th bag of the season in the win.
- Jakob Hall earned his first career start and went four innings, allowed three runs (one earned) and struck out two.
- Archambo punched out two over three scoreless frames to pick up the win.
- Kaleb McCullough struck out two in a scoreless eighth.
- Cade Denton finished off the contest with two strikeouts in the ninth.
- The sophomore has now thrown 20 consecutive scoreless innings.
 
Notes
- The victory marked No. 2,000 in program history for ORU.
- Monday's midweek was the first meeting all-time between the Golden Eagles and Falcons.
- Against first-time opponents this season, ORU is now 3-2.
- The Golden Eagles have now won nine consecutive road contests.
- On the four-game trip, ORU outscored their opponents 54-11.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles host St. Thomas May 6-8 for their final home series of the season. Friday's series opener is slated for 6 p.m.

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