Oral Roberts baseball, the defending Summit League champion and College World Series qualifier in 2023, snapped Northern Colorado’s win streak with a 16-3 victory in eight innings at Jackson Field in Greeley.
Eight Golden Eagles players had at least one hit, Oral Roberts pounded out 17 hits as a team and starting pitcher Jakob Hall struck out eight while allowing four hits and three runs in 6 2/3 innings to earn the win.
ORU (3-7 Summit League, 11-19 overall) with the victory extended its winning streak against UNC to seven games dating to 2022.
The teams return to Jackson Field with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.
The Golden Eagles led 4-1 after three innings and padded their lead with 12 runs in the final four innings.
UNC, 5-5 Summit League and 6-23 overall, came into the game having won six of its last seven games and five in a row. Zain Zinicola, Brandon Sanchez, Kai Wagner and Dalton Miller each had a hit for UNC.
Sanchez hit a solo home run in the third, and Miller hit an RBI triple in the seventh. Sam Pease had UNC’s other RBI on a fielder’s choice in the seventh scoring Miller.
Starting pitcher Dylan Smith (1-6) took the loss after allowing seven runs (six earned) on eight hits with a strikeout and two walks.
