University of Washington
35-19
Oral Roberts
48-11
Huskies Fall in 15-12 Slugfest to Oral Roberts
June 03, 2023 | Baseball
UW starters Kiefer Lord took the loss on the mound, falling to 6-6 on the season.
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.
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.
Tincher added another run in the second on an RBI groundout, putting the Huskies up 8-0 after two complete.
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.
The Golden Eagles added five more in the fifth and what was once a comfortable lead had suddenly been replaced by a four-run deficit.
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.
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.
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.
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 PT in Stillwater.
QUICK HITS
• 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.
• Johnny Tincher went yard for the second time during the Stillwater Regional. Tincher leads UW with six RBIs during the regional.
• Washington has homered in 13 of its last 14 games, posting multiple big flies in eight of those games.
• Will Simpson extended his hitting streak to 18 games, while Coby Morales extended his reached base streak to 34 games.
• Eight of UW's nine starters recorded a hit, with six Huskies registering multiple knocks.
• Eight players came around to score for Washington, led by Sam DeCarlo with three.
• 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
