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Mike Boeve
Ken Juszyk
Mike Boeve had two hits and an RBI for the Mavericks vs. Oral Roberts on Saturday night.
17
Winner Oral Roberts ORU 26-19
12
Omaha OMAHA 19-22
Winner
Oral Roberts ORU
26-19
17
Final
12
Omaha OMAHA
19-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oral Roberts ORU 2 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 6 17 22 3
Omaha OMAHA 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 12 14 0

W: Bradan Pierce (1-2) L: Blunt, Jarrett (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mavericks Fall in Saturday Slugfest

OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha baseball team overcame a nine-run deficit before falling 17-12 vs. Oral Roberts on Saturday night at Tal Anderson Field.
 
The Mavericks are now 19-22 (11-11 Summit League) on the season while ORU moves to 26-19 (17-5).
 
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.
Inside the Box Score
  • 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.
On Deck
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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