NORFOLK, Va. - Rutgers scored five runs in the top of the eighth to take a 9-5 lead and hung on to win 9-6 against Old Dominion University baseball Saturday afternoon at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex.
Old Dominion (3-7) led 5-4 entering the eighth but Rutgers (5-4) put up five runs to take the lead. Milo Freeman delivered a pinch-hit RBI single and Mike Nyisztor followed with a two-run single to make the score 7-5. Dan DiGeorgio added an RBI double as Jawuan Harris added a sacrifice fly to cap the five-run inning.
ODU scratched a run across in the bottof of the eighth on a Matt Schwarz sac fly but that was all for the Monarchs.