University of Washington
35-19
Oral Roberts
48-11
Huskies Fall in 15-12 Slugfest to Oral Roberts
June 03, 2023 | Baseball
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UW starters Kiefer Lord took the loss on the mound, falling to 6-6 on the season.
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The Huskies came out of the gates flying, posting seven runs in the first inning. Will Simpson spearheaded the offensive onslaught, legging out a one-out triple to center. The slugger scored on AJ Guerrero's sac fly. Johnny Tincher put two more on the board, crushing a two-run homer to left.
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McKay Barney dropped an RBI single into left to make it 4-0 and Sam DeCarlo capped things with another big fly, dropping a three-run job into the bullpen in left.
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Tincher added another run in the second on an RBI groundout, putting the Huskies up 8-0 after two complete.
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However, that's when things went awry for UW. ORU punched back with a pair of home runs in the third to cut the lead in half at 8-4 and scored three more times in the fourth to make it 8-7.
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The Golden Eagles added five more in the fifth and what was once a comfortable lead had suddenly been replaced by a four-run deficit.
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The Huskies didn't back down. DeCarlo led off the sixth with a solo bomb to left, his second big fly of the game. Two pitches later, Cam Clayton slugged a solo homer into the bullpen himself, cutting the ORU lead to 12-10.
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ORU drew a run back in the seventh but Washington went right back to work in the bottom half stringing together a walk and three straight singles, the final RBI knocks for Simpson and Coby Morales, to make it a one run game.
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The Golden Eagles had an answer once again when their turn came up. ORU led off the inning with a solo home run to left and went on to tack on another run, extending its lead to 15-12.
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Having battled back all night long, the Huskies couldn't muster another effort, setting up a rematch with Dallas Baptist in an elimination game Sunday at Noon PTย in Stillwater.
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QUICK HITS
โข Sam DeCarlo's two-homer game is his second in the last six games. Five of the true freshman's seven home runs have come since May 13.
โข Johnny Tincher went yard for the second time during the Stillwater Regional. Tincher leads UW with six RBIs during the regional.
โข Washington has homered in 13 of its last 14 games, posting multiple big flies in eight of those games.
โข Will Simpson extended his hitting streak to 18 games, while Coby Morales extended his reached base streak to 34 games.
โข Eight of UW's nine starters recorded a hit, with six Huskies registering multiple knocks.
โข Eight players came around to score for Washington, led by Sam DeCarlo with three.
โข Gianluca Shinn pitched a season-high 1.2 innings in relief.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: E. Kowalski (2-1)
L: Cunningham, Grant (1-3)
S: C. Denton (14)
Batting:
2B: J. McMurray 1 ; M. Hogan 1 ; D. Stahl 1 ; J. Godman 2
HR: J. Cox 1 ; H. Breeze 1 ; D. Stahl 1 ; J. Godman 1
RBI: J. McMurray 2 ; J. Quinn 1 ; J. Cox 6 ; H. Breeze 2 ; D. Stahl 1 ; J. Godman 2
SH: H. Breeze 1
SF: J. Cox 1
Base Running:
RUNS: J. McMurray 3 ; J. Quinn 1 ; J. Cox 1 ; M. McCroskey 1 ; H. Breeze 1 ; D. Stahl 2 ; J. Godman 3 ; B. Brothers 3
SB: B. Brothers 1
HBP: J. Quinn 1
Batting:
2B: Tincher, Johnny 1
3B: Simpson, Will 1
HR: Clayton, Cam 1 ; Tincher, Johnny 1 ; DeCarlo, Sam 2
RBI: Clayton, Cam 1 ; Simpson, Will 1 ; Morales, Coby 1 ; Guerrero, AJ 1 ; Tincher, Johnny 3 ; Barney, McKay 1 ; DeCarlo, Sam 4
SF: Guerrero, AJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Clayton, Cam 2 ; Simpson, Will 1 ; Morales, Coby 2 ; Tincher, Johnny 1 ; Ybarra, Jeter 1 ; Snyder, Michael 1 ; Barney, McKay 1 ; DeCarlo, Sam 3
HBP: Tincher, Johnny 1 ; Snyder, Michael 1
