Box Score

DBU's Baseball Team dropped the final game of a three game series with Oral Roberts University on Saturday afternoon, 5-4.  The Patriots held a 4-2 lead and had two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, when ORU's Pat Murray belted a three run home run over the left field wall to give the Golden Eagles the lead. 

The late inning loss to the Golden Eagles dropped DBU's overall record to 12-7, while ORU improved to 13-5.

The Patriots took the early 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning after Junior Trevor Head doubled to left field and scored on a single by Senior Drew Pirtle.  Sophomore Ryan Goins drove in Pirtle for the second run of the inning on an RBI single.

ORU cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth on a sacrifice RBI fly by Ryan Groth.

DBU padded their lead in the top of the sixth inning when Pirtle reached base on single and advanced to second on fielder's choice by Junior Brandon Bantz.  Freshman Josh Wilson then drove in Pirtle on an RBI single up the middle and Bantz scored on an RBI single by Sophomore Austin Knight to give the Patriots a 4-1 lead.

The Golden Eagles scored their final four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning off of two hits, including the three run homerun.

The Patriots were led by Knight, who went two for five, with an RBI, while Pirtle was two for three, with two runs scored and an RBI.

Senior Tyson Bagley picked up the loss for the Patriots after he pitched 1.1 innings, allowing three runs on one hit.  Starting pitcher Jordan Meaker had a strong performance going 7.0 innings, scattering five hits, and allowing no earned runs.

DBU will be in action again on Monday night, when they take on TCU at the Dr Pepper Ball Park in Frisco, Texas.  The game is scheduled to start at 7:00.