Oral Roberts Blanks Southern Utah In Series Opener

The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles opened up their weekend series with a 6-0 win over Southern Utah Saturday, thanks to a dominant performance from starting pitcher Kurt Giller.

The right-handed junior took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and finished the game allowing just three hits and no earned runs, striking out six in the win. Chase Rezac was credited with a loss for his outing, giving up three earned runs on 10 hits.

Bennett Pickar scored the Golden Eagles' first run, thanks to an RBI double in the second inning and Nate Goro added two to it in the sixth on a two-run single.

The Golden Eagles added insurance in the top of the eighth, sparked by an RBI single from Brandon Healy, followed by a sacrifice bunt from Goro to make it 5-0 in favor of Oral Roberts. Logan Dominico finished things out with a single, bringing Healy home on a throwing error.

Oral Roberts will try to make it back-to-back wins conference wins in a double-header, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday in Cedar City, Utah.