NORFOLK, Va. – Carter Trice delivered a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Old Dominion University baseball a 2-1 win and complete the three-game sweep over Ball State on Sunday afternoon.
In the 10th, Tommy Bell led off with a single and moved to second on an infield single by Kyle Battle. Kenny Levari followed with a single to load the bases. Trice got down in the count 0-2, but lofted a fly ball to right field to score Bell from third with the winning run.
"It was a fantastic college baseball game! Both teams pitched great, and we finally got a couple hits in the 10th," ODU head coach Chris Finwood said. "I'm really proud of our guys resilience and toughness, and we found a way to sweep a very good baseball team this weekend."
It was a pitcher's duel between starting pitchers Ryne Moore for ODU and Lukas Jaksich for Ball State. Jaksich went 4.2 innings, allowing five hits and a run, and was followed by Tyler Ruetschle, who gave up the game-winner, but pitched 4.2 innings with seven strikeouts.
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Moore went 6.1 innings, scattering eight hits and striking out seven. Brad Dobzanski, Noah Dean and Jason Hartline combined for a scoreless 3.2 innings, as Hartline earned the win with 1.2 shutout innings.
Battle put the Monarchs on top with an RBI single in the fifth, but Adam Tellier tied the score in the seventh with a run-scoring single.
Battle went 3-for-4, while Bell was 2-for-4 on the day. Tellier had four hits for the Cardinals.
Old Dominion is back in action on Tuesday when the Monarchs host VCU at 3 p.m.