WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.-  Senior RHP T.J. Hunt (Wyckoff, N.J./Ramapo) threw a no-hitter in game two of a doubleheader sweep of Saint Peter's on Saturday afternoon at the MU Baseball Field, the first for a Hawk since current Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brad Brach threw one in 2007. MU won game two behind Hunt's gem, 1-0, after besting the Peacocks 12-3 in the first game.

“I was just trying to throw strikes and get ahead of batters,” said Hunt. “The defense was awesome.”

Hunt threw seven shutout, hitless innings with just two walks and five strikeouts, using 90 pitches to complete the no-hitter. It is the fifth complete game of the season for Hunt and third consecutively. He completes his senior season having thrown a complete game in every home start he made in 2015.

In the final inning, Hunt got Chris Hugg to ground out to shortstop before catching Nick Henriquez looking on the outside corner. On a 1-1 pitch, Zach Rawson rolled over one to shortstop, where Robbie Alessandrine (Sewell, N.J./Gloucester Catholic) made the play over to first to end the game. Four of the seven innings went 1-2-3 for Hunt, and nobody moved past second base.

Monmouth only needed one run offensively in the contest for Hunt, getting it in the second when Kyle Perry (Toms River, N.J./Toms River South) and Christian Holland (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) drew walks. Freshman Justin Trochiano (Morganville, N.J./Marlboro) lined a single to center to score Perry and put MU up 1-0, the only run of the game.

Hunt moves to 5-4 with the win, while John Leiter drops to 2-6 with the complete game loss, throwing six innings and allowing a run on three hits with three strikeouts. Grant Lamberton (Newark, Del./Salesianum) and Steve Wilgus (Woolwich, N.J./Gloucester Catholic) had the other two hits for Monmouth.

In the first game of the doubleheader, Frank Trimarco (Merrick, N.Y./Sanford H. Calhoun) won his second straight start, throwing seven innings and allowing just two runs while Matt Littrell (Bayonne, N.J./Marist) worked two effective relief innings. Willie Krajnik took the loss for Saint Peter's.

Offensively, Monmouth had several contributors in the 12-run outburst. Wilgus was 3-for-5 with two RBI's and two runs scored, while Dan Shea (Wilmington, Del./Salesianum), Chris Gaetano (Madison Township, Pa./Scranton Preparatory) and Shaine Hughes (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township) all had multi-hit games.

Monmouth used a six-run sixth inning to jump out to a big lead in the opener, started by a Wilgus two-run single through the right side after a pair of walks and a hit by pitch. Both Lamberton and Gaetano drew bases loaded walks in the frame, and Shea laced a two-run single to right to cap off the big inning for MU.

SPU originally took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a Jose Martinez RBI double. MU answered with two in the bottom of the inning when Trochiano ripped a single that took a crazy hop into right field to score a pair and put the Hawks up 2-1. After the big sixth inning put MU up 8-1, the teams traded runs in the seventh with Saint Peter's scoring on a Sean Henry RBI single and Monmouth plating one on a Perry sacrifice fly.

Monmouth loaded the bases in the eighth, and Hughes crushed a 2-1 pitch off the right field wall to clear the bases and give Monmouth a 12-2 advantage. SPU scored a run on a double play in the ninth but that was all as MU took the opener 12-3.

The teams complete the series tomorrow in Monmouth's final home game of the season. The MU seniors will be honored before the game, which is slated for a 12:00 p.m. start at the MU Baseball Field.