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Chris Tschida
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16
Winner Oral Roberts ORU 38-14
5
Western Illinois WIU 18-29
Winner
Oral Roberts ORU
38-14
16
Final
5
Western Illinois WIU
18-29
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oral Roberts ORU 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 2 6 16 17 3
Western Illinois WIU 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 2

W: Bryce Howe (1-2) L: Koch, Ian (5-4) S: Spencer Henson (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | WIU Athletic Communications

Western Drops Game One to ORU

Chris Tschida and Johnathan Fleek had two hits apiece.

MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois dropped game one of the final regular season series against Oral Roberts, losing 16-5 on Thursday afternoon (May 18). The loss was the sixth in a row for WIU (18-29 overall, 12-14 Summit League).
 
Western jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly from Deion Thompson in the second. ORU responded with two runs in the third, but Western plated three runs in its half of the third.
 
Conner Currier, making his first start in a month, doubled down the line in his first at-bat. Steve McShane and Cord Church each reached on a bunt single to load the bases. Adam McGinnis lifted a sacrifice fly to tie the game. On a double steal, McShane stole home then Johnathan Fleek delivered a RBI single to make it 4-2.
 
The Golden Eagles (38-14, 24-4) added a run in the fourth on the first of two home runs hit by Matt Whatley. Western responded in its half when Chris Tschida scored on a throwing error by the shortstop during McShane's at-bat for a 5-3 lead. From there it was all ORU, scoring 13 unanswered runs.
 
A five-run sixth inning put the Golden Eagles ahead 7-5. In the ninth up by 10-5, ORU hit three home runs – including Whatley's second of the game – for a six-run frame and accounted for the final margin.
 
Whatley and Michael Hungate each had four hits. Starter Justin McGregor gave up four runs on five hits in three innings. Bryce Howe (1-2) earned the win in relief and Spencer Henson pitched the final three innings for his first save.
 
Fleek finished with two hits as did Tschida, who recorded his 195th career hit in the game. Ian Koch (5-4) pitched into the sixth inning but was charged for six runs on six hits in 5.1 innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out three.
 
Now with 85.1 innings pitched this year, Koch moved into eight place on the season 'Top 10' list.
 
Game two of the series has been moved up to a 1 p.m. first pitch on Friday (May 19).
 
 
 
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