NORFOLK — Kyle Edwards had two hits and two RBIs and Jake Ticer and Maverick Stallings added two hits each as Old Dominion held off 10th-ranked Virginia 7-4 in the Commonwealth Classic at Harbor Park on Tuesday night.
Kenny Levari hit an RBI double — ODU’s only extra-base hit of the night — in the first inning, and the Monarchs (19-17) scored two unearned runs in the frame and never trailed.
ODU collected its third win over a ranked opponent this season and avenged two shutout losses against UVA earlier this season. The game was played before an announced crowd of 4,082.
“I was proud of how we competed against a very good UVA team,” ODU coach Chris Finwood said. “We had some big at-bats and pitched really well tonight. The guys came to play and Harbor Park has been a special place for us. What a great crowd and atmosphere for college baseball.”
Edwards had an RBI single in the second inning and a run-scoring groundout in the fourth before Evan Holman’s two-run single put ODU in front 7-1 in the fifth.
UVA (28-9) scored three runs in the ninth on Antonio Perotta’s RBI groundout and RBI singles from Eric Becker and Griff O’Ferrall. Ethan Anderson, a former standout for Cox High in Virginia Beach, drove in an early run with a sacrifice fly in the third, while two other former Hampton Roads players — Western Branch’s Harrison Didawick and Lafayette’s Luke Hanson — also had hits for the Cavaliers.
Starter Brandon Pond (1-2) allowed a run over 2 2/3 innings, and Steven Trone (2 1/3 innings) and Nick Sulpizio (two) provided scoreless innings in relief for ODU.
UVA starter Joe Savino (0-1) took the loss after allowing three runs (one earned) in an inning.
