| Game 1 | ODU 14, LA Tech 6 | ODU leads series, 1-0 | ||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Old Dominion | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | x | 14 | 19 | 1 |
WP: Gregory (5-3)
LP: Griffen (7-3)
2B: ODU: Alexander
HR: ODU: Bell, Windham, Garriola, Hancock; LT: Garcia (2)
NORFOLK, Va. -- It was a banner night for Old Dominion offensively and the Monarchs ran away from Louisiana Tech, 14-6, in the series opener on Friday evening at the Bud Metheny Complex.
Old Dominion (28-17, 10-12) cranked out a season-high 19 hits, including four of the game's six home runs.
LA Tech (28-18, 12-10) actually led 6-5 heading into the bottom half of the seventh inning, but an Andy Garriola go-ahead, three-run bomb ignited a nine-run frame for the Monarchs. Garriola finished the night 3-for-4 with five RBIs.
Jared Hancock also hit a three-run home run, the first of his career, in the seventh. Hancock had four RBIs.
Joining Garriola and Hancock in the home run category were Tommy Bell, who went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI, and Bryce Windham, who went 4-for-6 with two runs and two RBIs.
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Overall, six different Monarchs had multiple hits and all nine starters either scored a run or drove in a run.
The barrage of offense marked the third consecutive weekend that ODU has roughed up a Friday night ace. The Monarchs scored five runs on eight hits off of LA Tech starter Matt Miller, who entered the contest 5-1 with a 3.00 ERA.
On the mound for ODU, Hunter Gregory earned the win, his fifth of the season.
Game two is slated for Saturday at 3 p.m. ET.
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