NORFOLK, VA-- The ODU Baseball Monarchs return to action Wednesday afternoon in Greenville, NC against the Pirates of East Carolina. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Listen to the game live on audio stream
Listen to the games live on ODU's audio stream through Monarch Media (odusports.com). Doug Ripley will provide the play-by-play. Fans can sign up for the audio stream on the ODU website (odusports.com) for $9.95 per month.
ODU VS. ECU
ODU leads the series, 33-28. Last year, the Monarchs won two-of-three C-USA games at ODU, and also defeated the Pirates in Greenville in a non-conference match-up ODU has won four straight games at ECU.
ODU is scheduled to start sophomore lefthander Joey Benitez (0-0) while ECU is planning to start righthander Kirk Morgan (0-0).
ABOUT ECU: Through six game, the Pirates are led in hitting by Parker Lamm at .400 and Luke Lowery at .368 with three homers and six RBI. ECU is hitting .242 as a team with a 2.17 earned run average.
ABOUT ODU: This will be the Monarchs first game since Feb. 15. Senior designated hitter Josh Eldridge leads the squad with a .545 batting average with four doubles, a homer and two RBI's. Nick Lustrino is hitting .333 with four hits and Taylor Ostrich has also knocked in two runs.
23 Baseball Games To Air On Star 1310 AM
ODU and Max Media of Hampton Roads have announced that 23 Monarch baseball games will be aired this spring on Star 1310 WGH AM, beginning March 20 when the Monarchs host defending Conference USA Champion and pre-season number 15 Rice.
Ted Alexander, ODU’s Director of Broadcasting and the voice of ODU football and men’s basketball, will serve as the primary play-by-play voice assisted by Doug Ripley, who has served as host announcer for the Karen Barefoot’s coaches show and play-by-play voice for the Lady Monarch basketball games the past three years. Also assisting on some of the broadcasts will be Andy Mashaw who is the analyst on ODU football broadcasts. Mashaw will be the primary play-by-play announcer on the audio stream broadcasts.
Two Baseball Games To Be Televised Nationally By ASN
American Sports Network (ASN) has announced its Conference USA Baseball television schedule for the 2015 season, featuring each of the league’s 12 schools. The current schedule consists of 11 regular season league games to appear nationally on the syndicated network. ODU will have two contests televised which include the March 28 contest at Middle Tennessee and a home game on May 2 against FIU.
ODU BASEBALL VOUCHER BOOKS AVAILABLE
ODU Baseball's 2015 season voucher books are available! Voucher books include 32 vouchers that grant admission to any ODU Baseball home game, including ODU-Virginia at Harbor Park on April 28. With each voucher book purchased, you will receive two (2) ODAF priority points! For more information, contact the ODU Athletic Ticket Office at 683-4444.
NEXT UP FOR ODU
The Monarchs host Rutgers in a four-game series beginning Friday at the Bud Metheny Complex.