The Basics
Score: No. 12 Oral Roberts 12 – Western Illinois 0
Records: No. 12 ORU (43-11, 23-1), Western Illinois (12-40, 8-16)
Location: Macomb, Ill. (Alfred D. Boyer Stadium)
Win: Brooks Fowler (8-1) | Loss: Jake Armstrong (4-6)
 
MACOMB, Ill. – The No. 12 Oral Roberts baseball team concluded its 2023 regular season with a 12-0 run-rule victory over Western Illinois in eight innings Saturday afternoon from Alfred D. Boyer Stadium. The series sweep marked the fourth straight for ORU and ninth of the year.

The Golden Eagles, who finished Summit League play with only one loss for the sixth time in program history, have won 15 games in a row, which marks the longest active streak in Division I. In its last 36 games, ORU is 33-3. 

Brooks Fowler earned the win to improve to 8-1 on the year after tossing five shutout frames to go along with two strikeouts. Over his last three starts, the sophomore has not yielded an earned run. In relief, Caleb Isaacs, Jacob Widener, Andrew Roach and Cade Denton each registered scoreless appearances to complete the Golden Eagles' fifth shutout of the season.

Jacob Godman led the offensive charge for ORU as the senior went 2-for-3 with two runs and a game-best three RBI. Holden Breeze, Blaze Brothers, Jake McMurray and Justin Quinn joined Godman with multi-hit performances.

Center fielder Jonah Cox, who robbed a homer in the second, extended his hit streak to 38 games in the win and finished the regular season with a hit in 53 of the 54 contests.  

The Golden Eagles jumped on top, 2-0, in the second behind a Breeze sacrifice fly and a Godman RBI double down the left-field line. 

In the fourth, ORU plated six runs as its lead bloomed to 8-0. A bases-loaded RBI walk from Drew Stahl plated the first run of the inning and Godman followed with a two-run single as the Golden Eagles led 5-0. After McMurray pushed the advantage to 6-0 with a sac fly, Quinn dropped an RBI single into right to make it 7-0. 

An RBI groundout from Cox allowed Blaze Brothers, who reached on a bunt single, to score the final run of the frame. 

ORU struck for four more runs in the eighth to make the final 12-0. In the frame, McMurray, Quinn and Cox all registered an RBI. 

Inside the Box Score
- ORU totaled 12 runs on 13 hits in the win.
- Five different Golden Eagles recorded a multi-hit performance.
- Brothers, Godman, Stahl and Matt Hogan each scored twice in the win.
- Godman plated a game-best three RBI, while Cox, McMurray and Quinn each recorded two.
- Stahl drew a game-high tying two walks. 
- As a staff, ORU allowed only three hits and struck out five. 

Notes
- Saturday's contest marked the 111th meeting all-time between the two clubs.
- With the win, ORU improved to 93-18 all-time against the Leathernecks and has won 12 straight in the series.
- The Golden Eagles have now won 15 consecutive games, which marks the longest active streak in Division I.
- Over its last 36 games, ORU is 33-3.
- With the win, the Golden Eagles concluded League play with a 23-1 record, marking the sixth time in program history they have finished with only one loss.
- ORU's 43 wins are tied for the most during the Ryan Folmar era. 
- Cox pushed his hit streak to 38 games and has recorded a hit in 53 of the 54 contests this season, including all 24 League games.
- Hogan stretched his on-base streak to 26 games.
- Breeze has now reached base safely in 20 consecutive contests.
- McMurray made his 136th consecutive start and pushed his on-base streak to 19 straight games.
- Stahl has reached base safely in straight 13 games. 
- Quinn extended his on-base streak to 11 games.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles will face Omaha in the opening round of the Summit League Baseball Championship on Wednesday, May 24 at noon at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, North Dakota. 

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