University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

Oral Roberts Hands Cajuns First Loss, 6-5
2/23/2008 6:00:00 AM | Baseball
Senior Brent Solich (
Solich (0-1) was credited for the loss as ORU (3-0) touched the southpaw for six runs ? five earned ? on six hits with five strikeouts in five innings. Gregory Harmon (
Michael Jarman (1-0) earned the victory for the Golden Eagles, allowing four runs on six hits in five innings of work, while striking out three. Carlos Luna notched his second save of the season, giving up one run on three hits in four innings. Luna struck out a game-high seven batters.
Scott Hawkins (
Oral Roberts' Bryan Van Kirk went 3-for-4 with a RBI. Ryan Groth added two hits and a RBI.
After a three-up-three-down first inning,
Two innings later, the Cajuns capitalized on an Oral Roberts fielding error to take a 3-0 lead in the fourth. Freshman Tyler Benzel (
Justin Robichaux (
Louisiana's three-run lead quickly disappeared in the top half of the fifth as the Golden Eagles rattled Solich, scoring three runs to tie the contest a 3-3. Van Kirk broke up Solich's early no-hit bid with a lead-off double left centerfield and later advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Three batters later, Genao singled through the right side, plating Van Kirk for Oral Roberts' first run. Price followed with a RBI double down the left field line, scoring Genao, but Price also scored on the play after an errant throw home by William Long (
Oral Roberts overtook the Cajuns in the sixth inning, scoring three runs for a 6-3 lead to mark the first
Harmon then lifted Solich but not before Ryan Groth pushed across the Golden Eagles' third run of the frame with a RBI single through the right side of the infield.
In the ninth, Hicks delivered a two-out home run ? his second of the tournament ? over the left field fence to pull to within one run, 6-5. With the potential game-winning run at the plate, Chance Harst (
Oral Roberts 6, Louisiana-Lafayette 5 (Feb 23, 2008 at
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Oral Roberts........ 000 033 000 - 6 10 1 (3-0)
Louisiana-Lafayette. 000 301 001 - 5 9 2 (2-1)
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Pitchers: Oral Roberts - Michael Jarman; Jameson Dunn(6); Carlos Luna(6). Louisiana-Lafayette - Solich, Brent; Harmon, Gregory(6).
Win-Michael Jarman(1-0) Save-Carlos Luna(2) Loss-Solich, Brent(0-1) T-3:02 A-183
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