Shockers edge Oral Roberts 2-1
That ball got out of here in a hurry
— Wichita St. Baseball (@GoShockersBSB) May 9, 2018
Alec Bohm's 11th this season gives the Shockers a 2-1 lead over Oral Roberts pic.twitter.com/7EgsRVjLnv
Four Wichita State pitchers combined to allow no earned runs and Alec Bohm hit his 11th homer of the season to help the Shockers edge Oral Roberts 2-1 at Eck Stadium on Tuesday night.
WSU (30-16) continued to defeat nonconference foes, improving its record to 24-4 against non-American Conference opponents.
With the scored tied at 1, Bohm led off the fourth with shot over the centerfield wall.
Gunnar Troutwine had opened the second with a walk, went to second on a balk and advance to third on a Ross Cadena single. Hunter Gibson hit into a double play, scoring Troutwine.
The Shockers hit into three more double plays, giving them 10 and a triple play in the past four games.
ORU (30-16) scored it run in the second when Riley Keizor reached on a Bohm error. He went to second on a passed ball and to third on a wild pitch. Nick Rotola, who played at Life Prep in Wichita, hit into a fielder’s choice, scoring Keizor.
Clayton McGinness (2-0), who got the win, went four innings, allowing three hits and striking out five. Alex Segal allowed just one hit in three innings, and Cody Tyler pitched a 1-2-3 eighth.
Chandler Sanburn earned his eighth save, pitching the ninth.
Notes: ORU was 0 for 5 batting with runners in scoring position while WSU was 2 for 9. . . . WSU will face South Dakota State on Wednesday night. . . .ORU had won nine in a row. . . . Bohm went 2 for 3 and is batting .368 (7 of 19) in his last five games.
Cincinnati | ab | r | h | bi | Wichita St. | ab | r | h | bi |
Roark 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Ritter 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Hrnndz 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dugas rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Henson dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bohm 3b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Keizor 1b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jenista 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pace rf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trtwn c | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rotola cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Cadena dh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Schmitz lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Katzfey pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arhmbo lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O’Brien ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
McCtchn ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H.Gibson lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B.Gibson c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | DeBckr lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montoya ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Boyer ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Smith ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Young cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Totals | 28 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Oral Roberts | 010 | 000 | 000 | — | 1 5 1 |
Wichita St. | 010 | 100 | 00x | — | 2 6 1 |
E: Keizor (4), Bohm (11). DP: ORU 3. LOB: ORU 7, WSU 7. 2B: Roark (9), Ritter (11). HR: Bohm (11). SB: DeBacker (4). CS: Rotola (5).
Oral Roberts | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Varnell L,3-4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Womacks | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Wichita State | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
McGinness W,2-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Segal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sanburn S,8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
WP: Womacks (2), McGinnis (5), Segal (5), Sanburn (4). PB: Troutwine (4). Balk: Varnell (1). T: 2:32. A: 2,031.
This story was originally published May 9, 2018 at 10:10 AM with the headline "Shockers edge Oral Roberts 2-1."