April 19, 2008
HEMPSTEAD, NY--Hofstra rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninthto defeat Old Dominion, 8-7 Saturday afternoon. The Monarchs are 18-18 overall and 9-9 in the CAA.
ODU broke a five-all tie when Jake McAloose led off the ninth with a solohome run. Jimmy Miles then singled home Gerard Hall to give the Monarchsa 7-5 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth Matt Kougasian singled home Matt Prokopowiczto cut the lead to 7-6. With the bases loaded and two outs, Hofstra scoredtwo runs on a Monarch throwing error on a ground ball from David Cole to end the game.
ODU jumped out to a 5-0 lead led by the hitting of David Burns. The seniorleftfielder it a solo homer, his third of the series in the third to give ODU a3-0 lead. He then doubled home Max Most in the fourth to make it 4-0.Jimmy Miles and Max Most each knocked in runs in the second inning
Hofstra came back in the sixth when David Cole hit a grand-slam homerunTo cut ODU's lead to one at 5-4. The Pride tied the game in the seventhwhen Mat Prokopowicz hit a solo homer.
ODU pounded out 16 hits on the day led by Chris Keenan and David Burns with three. Jimmy Miles, Max Most, Bryan Cipolla and Jake McAloose each had two hits.
Dan Hudson pitched five-plus innings , fanning eight, walking five. He now leadsThe CAA in strikeouts with 75 in 60.1 innings of work.
ODU and Hofstra play the third game of the series Sunday at 1 p.m.
ODU 021 200 002 7-16-4HU 000 004 103 8-9-1
ODU- Dan Hudson, Kyle Hald(6), Ryan Bergh (9) and HerrnandezHU- Tom Caltabiano, Drew Luedtke(5), Brody Fountaine(9) and Habgurg
WP: Fountaine(3-4 ) LP: Berg (4-3)HR-ODU-Burns (9), McAloose(1); HU- Prokopowicz(5), Cole (3)