Omaha
19-22, 0
Oral Roberts
26-19, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Roberts | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 3 |
| Omaha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
Mavericks Fall in Saturday Slugfest
May 15, 2021 | Baseball
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The Mavericks are now 19-22 (11-11 Summit League) on the season while ORU moves to 26-19 (17-5).
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How it Happened
- Oral Roberts scored a pair in the first and added another in the third to take an early 3-0 lead.
- Eduardo Rosario blasted his second homer of the season with a solo shot to left to plate Omaha's first run of the game in the bottom of the second.
- The Golden Eagles added five runs on six hits in the third to stretch the lead to 8-1.
- Chris Esposito blasted his eight homer of the year to left in the fourth before ORU answered with a run in the top of the fifth.
- Back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh expanded the Golden Eagle lead to 11-2.
- The Mavericks began the comeback with six runs on six hits and an ORU error to get within two after seven innings.
- Brett Bonar singled down the right field line to score Esposito before Adam Gadsden's RBI single scored Rosario to plate Omaha's third and fourth run of the game.
- Bonar came around to score on Harrison Denk's RBI groundout and Gadsden touched home on Masen Prososki's RBI double to make it an 11-6 game.
- RBI singles from Mike Boeve and Parker Smejkal brought the Mavericks within 11-8 after seven innings.
- Prososki ripped a two-RBI single to left center, scoring Bondarchuk and Gadsden to make it a one-run game in the eighth.
- A dropped ball on a failed tag at first allowed Keil Krumwiede to reach and scamper to second while Denk and Prososki scored on the play to give Omaha the 12-11 lead after eight.
- Oral Roberts responded with three home runs and an RBI single in the top of the ninth to post the 17-12 victory.
- The Mavericks scored 12 runs on 14 hits and committed zero errors.
- Prososki led Omaha at the plate, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs.
- Boeve, Esposito, Rosario and Bonar all had two hits apiece.
- Starter Joey Machado tossed the first 2.2 innings before Spencer Koelewyn pitched 1.1 shutout innings.
- Henry Ristvedt and Breyden Eckhout combined to go the next four innings on the mound for the Mavericks.
- Jarrett Blunt, Josiah Scott and Rece Snyder combined to record an out each in the ninth.
- Blunt was tagged with the loss after allowing two runs on one hit.
Tomorrow's series finale has been moved up to a 12 p.m. start. The Mavericks will honor the nine seniors with a Senior Day ceremony approximately 10 minutes prior to first pitch. Links to live stats and video are available on OMavs.com.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bradan Pierce (1-2)
L: Blunt, Jarrett (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Joshua Cox 1 ; Jake McMurray 1 ; Ryan Cash 1 ; Caleb Denny 1 ; Blake Hall 1
HR: Jordan Wiley 1 ; Alec Jones 1 ; Anthony Martinez 1
RBI: Joshua Cox 2 ; Ryan Cash 3 ; Caleb Denny 2 ; Blake Hall 1 ; Jordan Wiley 3 ; Adam Oviedo 1 ; Alec Jones 3 ; Anthony Martinez 2
SH: Anthony Martinez 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Joshua Cox 1 ; Jake McMurray 3 ; Ryan Cash 2 ; Caleb Denny 2 ; Blake Hall 1 ; Jordan Wiley 2 ; Blake Shannon 1 ; Alec Jones 3 ; Anthony Martinez 2
HBP: Jake McMurray 1 ; Jordan Wiley 1 ; Alec Jones 1
Batting:
2B: Prososki, Masen 1
HR: Esposito, Chris 1 ; Rosario, Eduardo 1
RBI: Denk, Harrison 1 ; Prososki, Masen 3 ; Boeve, Mike 1 ; Smejkal, Parker 1 ; Esposito, Chris 1 ; Rosario, Eduardo 1 ; Bonar , Brett 1 ; Gadsden, Adam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Denk, Harrison 1 ; Prososki, Masen 2 ; Boeve, Mike 1 ; Esposito, Chris 2 ; Rosario, Eduardo 2 ; Bondarchuk, Matt 1 ; Bonar , Brett 1 ; Gadsden, Adam 2
