Baseball vs Oral Roberts

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wiu712
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First place Oral Roberts (7-2) will be in town for a three game series with second place Western (6-3).

Game 1 will be Friday at 3PM.

The weekend schedule has been changed because of a forecast for rain on Sunday. There will now be a double-header on Saturday starting at 11AM. The first game of the double-header is scheduled to be on ESPN3.
wiu712
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Western won Friday's game 9-4. Western and Oral Roberts are now tied for 1st place with a 7-3 record.

Weather: 45 degrees, overcast, very windy with 50 mph wind gusts.

Attendance at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium = 105.

Saturday's double-header will start at 11AM. The first game will be on ESPN3.
ibleedpurpleandgold
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wiu712 wrote:Western won Friday's game 9-4. Western and Oral Roberts are now tied for 1st place with a 7-3 record.

Weather: 45 degrees, overcast, very windy with 50 mph wind gusts.

Attendance at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium = 105.

Saturday's double-header will start at 11AM. The first game will be on ESPN3.
looks like McShane had a big game as well.
wiu712
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ibleedpurpleandgold wrote:Looks like McShane had a big game as well.
Steve McShane hit two triples and scored three runs in Friday's game.
wiu712
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Not much Western offense on Saturday. Oral Roberts won both games of the double-header: 6-0 and 11-1 (8 innings).

Western had one hit in the first game. Western had 5 hits in the second game, while Oral Roberts had 19 hits.

Weather: 39 degrees, sunny.

Attendance at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium = 178.

Western will be home on Wednesday (April 13) for a 4PM game with St Ambrose.
wiu712
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Summit League standings after week 4 (12 games):

Oral Roberts 9-3
Omaha 8-4
Western 7-5
South Dakota State 6-6
North Dakota State 5-7
IPFW 1-11
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