Riley Leads No. 8 Baseball Over ODU, 9-5

Wednesday, April 16

Norfolk, Va.

7:00 PM

NC State

31-8

Old Dominion

12-22

NC State

Old Dominion

4/16/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

April 16, 2003

Box Score

NORFOLK, Va. - Senior catcher Justin Riley knocked in the first four runs of the game, including a go ahead two-run single in the fourth to put #8 NC State (31-8) up for good in a 9-5 win over Old Dominion (12-22) Wednesday evening at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex.

Riley slammed a two-run homer in the first with Jeremy Dutton aboard to give the Wolfpack a 2-0 lead. ODU scored one in the first on a sacrifice fly RBI by Brandon LeNoir. The Monarchs then took a 3-2 lead in the second as Evan Chipman hit his first home run of the season with freshman Justin Gregula aboard.

NC State scored four in the fifth thanks to six straight hits to go up 8-3. In that inning Lee Mezistrano, Matt Camp, Adam Hargrave, and Marc Maynor each knocked in a run. David Hicks later hit a solo home run in the eighth for the Wolfpack.

ODU scored a run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Michael Koppin, then Brandon LeNoir knocked in his second run of the evening on a bases loaded walk in the seventh.

Justin Riley had three hits and four runs batted in for N.C. State while Marc Maynor, David Hicks, Matt Camp and Chad Orvella each had two hits on the evening. Phillip Davidson picked up his third win of the season with five innings of work.

NC State travels to Virginia for a three-game ACC series beginning Friday at 7 p.m. The series will be broadcast live on WKNC-FM, and the broadcast will be available on gopack.com. Live in-game stats also will be available on gopack.com on the Gametracker.