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BASE Recap
14
Winner Oral Roberts ORU 7-10
7
Saint Louis SLU 4-13
Winner
Oral Roberts ORU
7-10
14
Final
7
Saint Louis SLU
4-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oral Roberts ORU 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 4 1 14 16 1
Saint Louis SLU 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 11 1

W: Isaac Coffey (2-1) L: Boyer, Matt (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Turino and Fitzgerald Homer in Loss

Oral Roberts 14, Saint Louis 7
Friday, March 19, 2021 | 4 p.m.
Billiken Sports Center | St. Louis, Mo.

GAME DETAILS
• Two Saint Louis home runs put the Billikens ahead 4-0 in the first inning, but Oral Roberts came back to take a 14-7 win over SLU on Friday afternoon at Billiken Sports Center.
• The Billikens moved to 4-13 on the season, while ORU went to 7-10.

SCORING
• Saint Louis jumped ahead early, scoring four runs on two 2-run home runs in the bottom of the first inning. Matt Turino and Kyle Fitzgerald each tallied their first long balls of the year, giving SLU a 4-0 lead.
• Oral Roberts answered with a three-run home run from Brady Gibson in the second, cutting its deficit to 4-3.
• The Eagles took the lead in the fourth, recording six runs, including a two-run home run off the bat of Ryan Cash.
• The Billikens used two RBI singles and an RBI groundout to pull within two at 9-7 in the bottom of the seventh. Fitzgerald picked up his third RBI in the game, while Jake Garella and Matt Happ each collected their first.
• ORU tallied four more runs in the eighth, including a two-run single from Joshua Cox.
• Adam Oviedo's RBI double made it 14-7 in the top half of the ninth.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• Fitzgerald finished 3-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
• Turino scored twice and drove in two.
• Cam Redding also scored twice, going 1-5 with a double.
• Garella and Ryan Hernandez each tallied two hits.

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