Blue Pirates Continue Skid Thanks to Rivera, Aviators
The <North Carolina Aviators:team#8> defeated the <Ontario Blue Pirates:team#77>, 15-8, in Patriot League action at Lowe's Field at Bojangles' Stadium, with North Carolina third baseman <Tim Rivera:player#3449> named player of the game. The 4th-place Blue Pirates have dropped 5 straight games.

<Choppy Orozco:player#5168> was 2-5 with 2 home runs. He drove in 3 runs and scored twice for North Carolina. In the bottom of the seventh, with the teams deadlocked, 8-8, Orozco delivered for the Aviators. His 2-run  home run put North Carolina on top, 10-8.

"It was a solid team effort," said Rivera after the game.



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