Bears Beat ORU 12-4 in Tulsa

Tuesday, April 9

Tulsa, Okla.

6 p.m.

Missouri State University

14-17

Oral Roberts

12-20-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Missouri State	2	1	2	0	0	0	4	3	0	12	10	2
Oral Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	7	3

Bears Beat ORU 12-4 in Tulsa

April 09, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score

By: MSU Athletics Communications

TULSA, Okla. – Behind four solo home runs in the first three innings and a season-high 11 walks, Missouri State topped Oral Roberts 12-4 Tuesday evening at J.L. Johnson Stadium.

Caden Bogenpohl and Dylan Leach hit the second and third pitches of the game out of the park for the 2-0 lead, the ninth dinger of the year for each and the second leadoff bomb of the season for Bogenpohl.

An error allowed ORU (12-20-1) to get a run back in the bottom of the first, Carter Bergman scored on a wild pitch in the second, and Taeg Gollert and Curry Sutherland went back-to-back in the third to make it 5-1, marking the first time two pairs of Bears (14-17) hit consecutive homers in a game since March 2022 at Kansas.

The Golden Eagles halved the lead to 5-3 with a two-run sixth, and the Bears batted nine times in both the seventh and eighth frames, scoring four times without a hit in the seventh, then getting RBI hits from Gollert, Sutherland and Nick Rodriguez in the eighth to make it 12-4.

The Bears used seven pitchers on the night, with Brendan Beaver (1-2) the first out of the bullpen with three shutout innings, four strikeouts and just a single allowed to earn his first victory as a Bear.

Gollert added a double to his homer and reached safely four times, as did Leach and Rodriguez. Bogenpohl joined Gollert and Leach among Bears to score three runs.

Missouri State is home for a Thursday-Saturday, April 11-13 Missouri Valley Conference series with UIC (20-10, 5-4). Start time each day is 11 a.m.

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