MACOMB, Ill. - The Western Illinois baseball team (9-16, 5-7) dropped the series finale 18-5 against Oral Roberts (12-15, 5-3) on Saturday (April 3) afternoon.
It was a one-run (2-1, ORU) game in the sixth until a two-out error led to a six-run frame by the Golden Eagles. The visitors continued to add three more in the next inning, two in the eighth and five in the ninth.
The Leatherneck bats clicked in the seventh. After an RBI single from Derek Botaletto, Adam Juran roped an RBI double down the left-field line, and Trenton Bauer concluded the four-run frame on a two-out, two-run single that made it an 11-5 game.
Western's first run of the day came off the bat of Kevin Raisbeck in the third. His RBI single continued his hitting streak to 10 games.
WIU gears up for five straight road series next, starting at North Dakota State (April 9-11).
