April 6, 2004
NORFOLK, VA-Craig Brazell scored twice and hit a solo homerun and Craig Diaz had three hits and scored twice as the Norfolk Tides (N.Y. Mets AAA Affiliate) defeated Old Dominion University, 5-0 in the Bank of the Commonwealth Classic Tuesday night at HarborPark.
Sophomore outfielder Keith Hahn had the Monarchs only hit, a single with two outs inthe sixth inning. Norfolk scored three runs in the second on consecutive hits byDiaz, Danny Garcia, Rodney Nye and Javier Cardona after Brazell led off with a walk.in the third inning, with two outs, Brazell homered to right, the Garcia doubled homeDiaz. Tides pitchers were used for both teams.
Former UNC Wilmington standout Jason Roach picked up the victory for the Tides.Roach along with Matt Ginter, Pat Strange and Royce Ring together fanned four and walked none.
The Tides open their regular season on Thursday night. ODU hosts 24thRanked N.C. State Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
ODU VS. NORFOLK TIDESBank of the Commonwealth Classic
ODU MONARCHS AB R H RBIHahn lf 2 0 1 0Harris rf 2 0 0 0Carter ss 2 0 0 0Cipolla 1b 2 0 0 0Gregula dh 2 0 0 0James DH 1 0 0 0Mesa 2b 1 0 0 0Belcher dh 1 0 0 0Strick 3b 1 0 0 0Chipman cf 1 0 0 0Arrowood dh 1 0 0 0Heninger dh 1 0 0 0Moore DH 1 0 0 0Shefka dh 1 0 0 0Lee DH 1 0 0 0Marn DH 1 0 0 0Gram DH 1 0 0 0Totals 22 0 1 0
NORFOLK TIDES AB R H RBISnead dh 3 0 0 0Duncan cf 3 0 0 0Gonzales lf 3 0 0 0Brazell 1b 1 2 1 1Diaz rf 3 2 3 0Garcia 2b 2 1 2 1Collins 2b 2 0 0 0Nye 3b 3 0 1 1Cardona c 3 0 1 1Delgado ss 2 0 0 1Velazquez ss 1 0 0 0Pachot c 1 0 0 0Totals26 5 8 5
PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SOKeisler (L)2 4 3 3 1 1Baldwin2 3 2 2 0 2Bevis1 0 0 0 1 0Feleciano1 1 0 0 1 0Parra1 0 0 0 0 1
Roach (W) 2 0 0 0 0 1Ginter2 0 0 0 0 3Strange2 1 0 0 0 0Ring1 0 0 0 0 0
E- Belcher; DP:none; LOB: ODU(1); Tides (5)2B: Diaz, Garcia; HR: BrazellTime: 1:44 ATT: 1003