| Old Dominion 14, UAB 7 | ||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Old Dominion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 1 |
| UAB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
WP: Moore (5-2)
LP: Rusk (1-2)
2B: ODU: Bell, Marrale (2); UAB: J. Davis, Ladner
3B: ODU: R. Teschko; UAB: Wiley
HR: ODU: Pasquantino; UAB: Ladner
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Behind a huge fourth inning, Old Dominion evened the series at UAB with a 14-7 win on Saturday afternoon at Young Memorial Field, forcing a Sunday rubber match.
Trailing 2-0 through three innings, Vinnie Pasquantino ignited the ODU (17-13, 2-9) offense with a two-run home run to start the fourth inning. The Monarchs went on to score 10 runs in that fourth inning on nine hits and two UAB (14-18, 2-9) errors.
All nine starters for ODU recorded a hit and scored a run. Freshman catcher Michael Marrale went 2-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs and his classmate Ryan Teschko went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs. Matt Burch also added two hits and two knocked in.
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John Wilson also recorded his first collegiate hit, a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning.
As a team, ODU was 6-for-12 with runners in scoring position and struck out only twice.
On the mound, Ryne Moore improved to 5-2 on the season. In 7.2 innings, Moore allowed four earned runs on eight hits, while striking out three and walking one.
The series finale is slated for Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on 1310 The Power and CUSA.tv.
Tommy Gertner (1-0, 2.89 ERA) is expected to start against UAB's Tanner Graham (3-2, 5.76 ERA).
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