North Carolina State University Athletics
Old Dominion Downs NC State Baseball, 12-2
4/19/2000 12:00:00 AM | Pack Athletics
NORFOLK, Va. (April 19) Jared Musolf drove in three runs and Parker Friske allowed just one hit in five innings Wednesday night at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex as Old Dominion defeated NC State 12-2.
Friske allowed a lone single to John Whitley, walked none and struck out two in improving to 4-3 on the season. Wolfpack starter Dan D'Amato was the victim of some poor defense, allowing six runs, three of them unearned, on eight hits in three innings to fall to 5-5.
The win was ODU's fifth in a row and lifted the Monarchs to 24-16-1. NC State fell to 24-19 with the loss.
Brent Sollenberger led off the bottom of the first for the Monarchs and reached on an error, Tim Hummel drew a one-out walk, and Musolf rolled a single through the right side of the infield and into right field to drive in Sollenberger with the first run of the game. Hummel was caught attempting to steal third, but Musolf took second on the play and scored on Eure's single to left field, giving Old Dominion a 2-0 lead after an inning.
Sollenberger started another ODU rally in the third with a leadoff single. David Vilardi's bunt attempt went for an infield single, and Hummel and Musolf stroked RBI singles to make it 4-0. A passed ball moved the runners to second and third, and Ross Robertson doubled down the right-field line to score both and give the Monarchs a 6-0 lead through three innings.
Jason Greiner led off the fourth inning and struck out, but was safe on a passed ball. Greiner stole second and scored on a single down the right-field line by Sollenberger, making it 7-0.
ODU blew the game open in the bottom of the fifth inning. Musolf and Eure led off with singles, and Troilo walked to load the bases with none out. John Oehler and Greiner both reached on errors, allowing a pair of runs to score, and Sollenberger reached on an infield single to drive in yet another run and give Old Dominion a 10-0 advantage.
David Vilardi reached on the third NC State error of the inning to drive in yet another run for ODU, and Musolf drove in the final run of the inning with an infield single, increasing the lead to 12-0 in favor of the Monarchs.
The Wolfpack got on the board in the top of the seventh when Brian Wright doubled to right field and scored on Mike Prochaska's single to left field. Prochaska went to second on the throw home and to third when the throw went all the way to the backstop. Craig Lee then drove Prochaska in with a groundout to cut the ODU lead to 12-2.
