FAIRFAX, VA – Monmouth University Baseball (5-5) dropped the series finale at George Mason University (5-6) Sunday, 5-4. James Harmstead homered in the game for the Hawks.
 
After the home team took the lead, Harmstead launched a solo shot over the wall in left center to tie the game at one in the second. MU took the lead in the second on a wild pitch before a three run third from George Mason made it 4-2.
 
Harmstead scored on an error in the fourth to trim the deficit to one, but the Patriots got it back in the bottom half to regain a two-run edge. MU got within a run in the sixth when Mason Wolf walked with the bases loaded, but Monmouth was unable to plate the equalizer in a 5-4 defeat.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"Came up on the short side of a close game today. Our guys battled all day. George Mason made two great plays late in the game to thwart a potential comeback. Aldrich and Interdonato gave us a shot and pitched well." – Head Coach Dean Ehehalt
 
-Harmstead's home run was his second of the season.
-This marked Harmstead's second multi-hit game of the season.
-Monmouth's bullpen threw four shutout innings.
-MU drops the series to George Mason, 2-1.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-George Mason outhit the Hawks, 11-6.
-Rob Hensey allowed three earned runs with three K's on the day.
-Stephen Aldrich fired three shutout, one-hit innings.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth takes on Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.