Harrison Homers Twice, But Bison Fall Short at Oral Roberts, 7-6

Sunday, April 6

Tulsa, Okla.

1 p.m.

North Dakota State

6-15, 0-4

Oral Roberts

20-7, 4-0

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

Harrison Homers Twice, But Bison Fall Short at Oral Roberts, 7-6

4/6/2008 10:44:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

TULSA, Okla.--Kyle Harrison clubbed a pair of solo home runs and finished 4-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored in North Dakota State's 7-6 loss at Oral Roberts in Summit League baseball Sunday, April 6.

Harrison hit an RBI double in NDSU's three-run third inning as the Bison took a 4-2 lead, and he hit his first two collegiate homers in the fifth and seventh innings to pull NDSU within one run. He singled in his final at-bat.

North Dakota State's Ryan Langlais was 2-for-5 with a pair of singles, and Eric Nutzhorn was 2-for-4 with an RBI double in the second and a run-scoring single in the third.

Leadoff-hitting center fielder Brendan Duffy was the offensive spark for Oral Roberts. He singled and scored in the third as ORU came back to tie the game at 4, and he belted a three-run homer off NDSU reliever Shane Bushland in the fourth that held up for the win.

Bushland bounced back to hold ORU scoreless with only two singles over the next 4 1/3 innings. NDSU starter Ben Mathiason (2-4) was responsible for six runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings for the loss.

Carlos Luna (6-0), the second of three Oral Roberts pitchers, had four strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings for the win. T.J. Kelly faced one batter over the minimum in 2 2/3 innings for his sixth save of the year.

Duffy hit 3-for-4 with three runs scored for Oral Roberts. He finished the four-game series hitting 10-for-18 (.556) with four doubles, six RBIs and nine runs scored.

Ben Petralli was 3-for-4 with two RBI doubles for the Golden Eagles. He finished the series 10-for-16 (.625) with five doubles, 11 RBIs and seven runs scored.

Oral Roberts swept its fourth straight regular-season Summit League series dating back to last year. The 10-time defending champions improved to 20-7 overall and 4-0 in The Summit.

North Dakota State lost its eighth straight game to fall to 6-15 overall and 0-4 in The Summit. NDSU is scheduled to play a non-conference doubleheader at Creighton on Wednesday, April 9.