Late Homers Lift Dallas Baptist Past Oral Roberts in Thriller

DALLAS (Interstat) — Jake Bennett launched a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday, lifting Dallas Baptist to a 6-5 victory over Oral Roberts at Ellis Davis Field House.

The Patriots, who trailed 5-1, tied the game on a solo homer by Cooper Neville in the eighth before Bennett’s winner. Neville also had a sacrifice fly. Oral Roberts built its lead with a three-run sixth. Jack Hill threw four hitless innings of relief for the Golden Eagles, but Easton Teel allowed four runs in his start.

Dallas Baptist improved to 6-3. Oral Roberts fell to 3-6.